Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 26, 1964
Clifton Weaver blows the shell of a false trumpet snail, one of the largest sea snails in the world. This 25-inch specimen from Australia is owned by Clara Fisher of Keaau.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 24, 1960
The $4.5 million Queen’s Medical Center expansion project is taking its final shape, with workers completing the last of three structures.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 23, 1957
Maui High School senior Jane Matsui displays the cherry pie she baked in the grand ballroom of the Sheraton hotel in Chicago for the 25th annual National Cherry Pie Baking Contest.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 17, 1960
New officers for the state’s Future Farmers of America group were elected during a recent conference at the Armed Forces YMCA. Sitting are president Philbert Freitas, left, of Maui High, and vice president William Rudias of Lanai High; standing are secretary Kenneth Uemura, left, of Konawaena High; treasurer Benjamin Carvalho of Castle High; reporter Roland Caniaveral of Baldwin High; and sentinel Roy Nakamura of Kapaa High.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 21, 1984
It takes three huge cranes to lift the islands’ new ferry, the Kamehameha, off the Matson freighter on which it arrived in Honolulu.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MARCH 12, 1961
Mosquito relief for Kailua and Kaneohe residents arrives over Kawainui Marsh on a Murrayair biplane hired by the state Department of Health to spray rain-swelled breeding spots with insecticide. The sweep is part of a $6,000 program to rid Oahu and Kauai of mosquitoes.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 6, 1984
Aloha United Way’s community army of “goalbusters” has received the good news that pledges have come in at 42% of the total goal — nearly $5 million of the statewide target of $11.45 million.
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