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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

View historic Hawaii photos “back in the day.”

By Star-Advertiser

March 30, 2025

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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 13, 1961

St. John’s Drum & Bugle Corps performs at the grand opening of the Ramada Skylane Inn, a 127-room hotel at 2628 Waiwai Loop, across the street from the lei stands at Honolulu International Airport. The Skylane Inn features air-conditioned rooms, a cocktail lounge, a restaurant and a pool. Rates start from $5 for a single room.
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 19, 1983

Students from Prince Jonah Kuhio Elementary School present lei to a portrait of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, who was remembered during Kuhio Day festivities.
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 28, 1956

Moanalua Gardens, not as celebrated as other local attractions, offers an inviting atmosphere of peace and quiet perfectly set off by vast green lawns, stately trees and a placidly moving stream. Its grandest feature is a gigantic monkeypod tree, which claims the distinction of being the largest in the islands.
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 3, 1965

Youngsters clamber over the tanks on display at the military exhibit at the Maui County Fair.
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STARADVERTISER / JANUARY 21, 1988

Leilehua High Team WAVE students prepare the Morsel Crunch cookies they sell as part of the new studentrun nonprofit business organization. Team WAVE (We Anticipate Valuable Experience) entrepreneurial activities include baking, packaging and marketing the cookies, a blend of grain, nuts and chocolate.
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 29, 1973

Crowds of young and old seek autographs from Jesse Kuhaulua, known in the sumo world as Takamiyama. Kuhaulua, who just returned for a visit from Tokyo, was on hand at Shirokiya to sign magazines as well as copies of his autobiography. He also is slated to appear at the Parkview Gem store in Waipahu.
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STARADVERTISER / AUGUST 8, 1963

First National Bank’s new University branch has gotten lots of attention for its interior and exterior designs. The interior features a 40-foot-long, 8-foot-high bas-relief mural depicting communication and different forms of exchange throughout the world. It was designed and executed by local sculptor Edward M. Brownlee in carved plaster and polychrome.
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