Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 29, 1961
Honolulu visitors Kenny Canario and Norma Paiaina check out a jungle gym aboard the Oriana ocean liner, which includes a children’s lounge and recreation area.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 11, 1976
Fewer than a dozen people work for the Maui Potato Chip Factory, a small family business in Kahului that’s made a name for itself with its tasty product. June Inouye, left, and Janet Hirozawa fill packages with the highly popular chips.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 23, 1976
Jane’s Fountain, named after owner Matsuro Nakasone’s only daughter, continues to do business on Liliha Street though its focus now is on plate lunches sold to regular customers. Previously the restaurant, which opened in 1948, enjoyed business from bus riders seeking a sundae or Coke and hamburger.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 14, 1989
Luckily for Honolulu Community College students, the giant dinosaur on campus is a plant-eater. The life-size diplodocus replica was created by Richard Allyn Chase, who crafted it with bedsheets.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 18, 1960
Dearborn Chemical Co. chemist Sandor Moharita completes a chemical analysis of a water sample at the Board of Water Supply’s Kapahulu plant in a recently introduced, fully equipped mobile laboratory.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 28, 1974
A Triumph Bonneville 650 motorcycle provides the base for this “simulated horse carriage” created by Richard Kahawai, who frequently attracts curious onlookers when he parks the half-cycle, half-car contraption near Kuhio Park.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 3, 1963
Two-year-old Alan Doike, left, and Arthur Miho, 3, admire a Boys’ Day display of toys at Shirokiya in Ala Moana Center. Gifts are traditionally given to boys born in the year since the last Boys’ Day, which is celebrated May 5, but older boys also benefit.
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