Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 26, 1976
Rows of mailboxes, long part of the rural American scene, are part of the harbor scene in Hawaii. These boxes belong to fishermen operating out of Keehi Lagoon.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 18, 1965
The first customer at Star Super Market’s Kailua store checks out the new produce department.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 19, 1958
Robert C. Allen, center, president of the Yellow Cab Co. of Hawaii, accepts the delivery of 10 new 1958 Chevrolets for his company’s fleet from D. Thomas Eddy, vice president and manager of Transportation Lease Hawaii. Robert C. Ching, right, vice president of Aloha Motors, arranged the sale of the cars to Transportation Lease Hawaii.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 14, 1987
Four-year-old Talon Persson practices some off-road maneuvers in her battery-powered truck at Kualoa Beach Park while sister Llandrin, 10 months, hitches a ride in back.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 2, 1962
Honolulu Mayor Neal S. Blaisdell joins Kauiona Lani Dowsett in an impromptu hula, with Hawaii performers as backup, during opening ceremonies in the Hawaii pavilion at Seattle’s Century 21 Exposition.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 24, 1965
Intrepid and fearless but still just a little apprehensive, Honolulu Star-Bulletin columnist Jim Becker scratches Makua’s belly at Sea Life Park and reports, “He feels fishy.”STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 17, 1966
The Rev. Kiyo Itokazu surveys the grounds of the nearly completed education assembly building of Aiea Baptist Mission. The mission lost three previous headquarters to fire.