Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 6, 1977
Webley Edwards may be the kamaaina personality of “Hawaii Calls,” but his weekly crowd of 95% mainland visitors expects him to be dressed more like a tourist in a bright orange aloha shirt, a lei of orchids and white bucks.2/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 17, 1962
Russian scientists Leonis Pleshakow, left, and Juriy Sidoeow test a double compass used in examining magnetic fields as their schooner, the Zarja, sits in the background.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 12, 1978
Harlen Edwin Bud “H.E.B.” Shasteen insists he’s not out to overthrow the government. The self-described “ultraconservative,” originally from Washington state, is president of the Taxpayers Union in Hawaii.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MARCH 31, 1964
Dennis Y. Wong, vice president and resident manager of the Honolulu office of McDonnell & Co. Inc., checks the ticker tape coming out of a Quotron machine. The stock brokerage offi ce recently installed the electronic system, which provides “up to the second” information of stocks on the New York, American and Midwest stock exchanges.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 19, 1951
Seconds after an emergency call comes in, the city-owned ambulance is ready to roll to the scene. Attendant Barney E. Bennett barely has time to step aboard before driver Kenneth K. Yoshino takes off.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 7, 1991
Entertainer Charo leads a conga line past Mayor Frank Fasi and first lady Joyce Fasi during a $250-a-plate fundraiser at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Organizers were anticipating a crowd of between 4,000 and 5,000 to contribute to Fasi’s war chest, which is already at $1.5 million as he prepares to seek a sixth term as mayor.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 7, 1937
Re-enactors demonstrate regalia — a feather cloak and helmet, and kahili staffs — that would have been used by Kamehameha I when he visited his sacred wife, Keopuolani.
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