Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 14, 1954
Wayne Yamasaki, 12, Junior Police Officer from Kaahumanu School, and Police Chief Dan Liu are shown with the $2,716 the Optimist Club of Honolulu presented to the JPO fund. The money is part of the proceeds of the Patti Page show and will be used to purchase new helmets for 3,800 JPOs. Wayne sold the most tickets among JPOs. The six-day attendance of 22,000 is claimed as a record by the promoter.2/7
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STARADVERTISER / FEB. 5, 1960
Jinx, a monkey from the mainland, obviously likes the taste of Kona coffee. He visited Kailua-Kona this week to help out with the annual police benefit show and quickly became a popular member of the coffee club at Kailua’s Coconut Hut.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 4, 1989
The three-woman Hawaiian Delights stunt kite-flying team, Mitch Onoyama, Nadine Koba and Priscilla Nagao, practices at Kapiolani Park ahead of Aloha 89, the American Kite Association’s 12th annual convention and competition.4/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 23, 1990
Volunteers converge on Kahoolawe’s Kanapou Bay to kick off the statewide Get the Drift and Bag It anti-litter campaign. A Marine helicopter gets ready to fly a load of debris to a landfill.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 9, 1975
The Honeymoon Express, also known as Pan American World Airways Flight 2, arrives in Honolulu with 70 newlywed couples from Japan.6/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 26, 1976
An opinionated viewpoint toward Hawaii’s elected officials was represented on a bumper sticker in Honolulu a week before the general election.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 20, 1971
Twelve lucky youngsters will have new bikes to ride this Christmas, thanks to ice cream truck franchiser Mister Softee and Meadow Gold Dairies. Picking the winners are Jim Conway, left, vice president and cofounder of Mister Softee, and general sales manager Al Preston.
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