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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

By Star-Advertiser

Sept. 8, 2024

Hawaii Photos

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STARADVERTISER / JULY 22, 1982

Actor Pat Morita, left, drive-in proprietor Arnold Takahashi on TV’s “Happy Days,” dons an apron at Donna’s Place with owners and operators Masashige and Yoshie Yamamoto. When he’s in town, Morita is among the regulars at the popular mom-and-pop plate lunch restaurant in Kakaako.
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STARADVERTISER / FEB. 11, 1963

Members of the University of Hawaii’s Air Force ROTC drill unit sway to the hula they performed at the Sunshine City Drill Competition in Tuscon, Ariz. The UH team wore the same outfits in the city’s Aero-Space Festival Parade.
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 11, 1959

Like many another lawmaker in the territorial Legislature, Rep. Hiroshi Kato caught a catnap during a recess as the House’s Saturday night session stretched into Sunday morning.
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STARADVERTISER / JANUARY 31, 1961

When Finnish clothing manufacturer Suomen Trikoo named its new swimwear collection “Waikiki,” it was only natural it would stage its advertising photos in the namesake locale — specifically the lagoon at the Waikikian and Hawaiian Village hotels. Modeling the suits are Elsa Edsman Bell, left, Mamo Howell, Poli Ann Tonkin, Margaret Moanikeala Brumaghim and Beverly Rivera Noa.
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STARADVERTISER / FEB. 16, 1987

Lanai High School’s physical fitness team earned the right to represent Hawaii in the upcoming U.S. Marine Corps Youth Physical Fitness Challenge at Camp Pendleton, Calif., when the squad won its 11th consecutive state title. The competition involves five events: situps, pushups, pullups, standing long jumps and a 300-yard shuttle run. Standing are adviser and former coach Bruno Amby, left; coaches Romeo Dinong and Edwin Magaoay; and at bottom are team members Alex Batoon, 17, left; Kevin Ige, 16; Alan Amby, 17; Alex Pascua, 15; and Steven Haban, 14.
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STARADVERTISER / SEPTEMBER 4, 1967

About 3,500 ILWU and UPW members joined the Labor Day parade in Honolulu. The theme for the day was “Peace, Planning and Pineapple,” with labor leaders calling for peace on three fronts: Vietnam, the streets of our cities and at the pineapple industry negotiating table.
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STARADVERTISER / NOVEMBER 15, 1977

Brent, 7, left, and his brother Todd, 12, visitors from Thousand Oaks, Calif., examine a World War II-model Japanese tank in front of the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki.
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