Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 1, 1989
Supporters of Rep. Ed Bybee — Amber Sardinha, left, Catie Tajeda and Siobhan O’Harrow — hand out candy for guests at the opening of the state Legislature.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 5, 1991
Art Good, proprietor of the shoeshine stand at the Blaisdell on the Mall office building, relaxes during a lull in foot traffic. Good has long been a fixture at the building, formerly the Blaisdell Hotel.STARADVERTISER / MARCH 29, 1954
The first shipment of fish to be checked for radioactivity has received approval from the Japanese government and Hawaii officials and been released to local consignees. Examining the fish are George H. Akau, left, of the Food and Drug Administration’s San Francisco station; Y.S. Lee, FDA agent; and Sadamoto Iwashita with the industrial hygiene division of the territorial Board of Health.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 29, 1959
Lily Apellera is nearly concealed by piles of preserved fruit at the new Crackseed Center at Ala Moana Center, the fifth store owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wah Kam.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 7, 1989
The former Aloha Motors lot is a candidate to become the site of the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Among the pros of the location: It is removed from Waikiki congestion, it would diversify the tourism economy, it would revitalize Kapiolani Boulevard, the private developer would build the center without taxpayer funds and the lot is vacant.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 7, 1974
Hawaiian Airlines has installed the first baggage screening X-ray for checking the hand baggage of interisland travelers. The new device should speed up inspection at Honolulu Airport check-in counters for the many local residents who carry boxes of pastries and other packages that previously had to be opened. Coreen Correia, a sergeant with the Hawaii Protective Association, stands at the X-ray’s controls.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 15, 1989
Honolulu City Council member Neil Abercrombie, left, and state Rep. Fred Hemmings meet “Face-to- Face” in the KHVH studio to record mini-debates that air three times a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays.