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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

View historic Hawaii photos “back in the day.”

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STARADVERTISER / DEC. 11, 1961

A truckload of bags is a mail sorter’s nightmare, but it’s a common sight in downtown Honolulu near the post office. Each year before Christmas the post office brings on extra workers and hires trucks to handle the mail volume. This load of mail turning onto Queen Street is outbound.
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STARADVERTISER / JULY 4, 1971

Marjorie Wong, Dole fruit trimmer, compares a hand-peeled pineapple, right, with a hollowed pineapple cylinder produced by a Ginaca machine, a pineapple processing machine.
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STARADVERTISER / JUNE 30, 1972

Dennis Chung, 20, waits on a customer on the last day of operation of Larry’s Corner grocery store. Dennis is the son of proprietor Lawrence Chung, who has kept the little grocery open 12 hours a day, seven days a week for the past 12 years.
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 2, 1964

Hawaiian waterman Duke Kahanamoku’s real license plate, N-10, is affixed to the back of his Lincoln Continental. A plate with his moniker covers up the front license plate.
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 21, 1985

Carl Jennings, left, Glenn Awong, Duke Aipolani and Carl’s brother Gary unhook akule from nets at Waianae Harbor. The day’s haul was nearly 800 pounds, about 250 pounds more than an average catch.
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 8, 1963

Newly wedded TV comedian Carol Burnett and husband Joseph Hamilton sit on the beach in front of the Hawaiian Village Hotel. The couple will spend a week in Hawaii for their honeymoon and hope to include trips to the neighbor islands.
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STARADVERTISER / DEC. 21, 1982

“He knows if you’ve been bad or good,” Jean Ariyoshi might be telling these youngsters at Washington Place. A group of 60 boys and girls, ages 5 and 6, were guests of the state’s first lady at her annual Christmas party for underprivileged children. The children were selected by the Honolulu Community Action Program and drawn from various Oahu communities.
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