Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past














STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 12, 1964
University of Hawaii sophomore James H. Yim, a fine arts major, poses in “The Street — An Intense Reconstruction of the Familiar and Tireless Avenues in Our Landscape.” Yim arranged the exhibit’s sounds, including tapes, records and radios.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 6, 1964
Hundreds of children got in some fishing during the Honolulu Sportsmen’s Travel, Vacation and Boat Show at the Honolulu International Center.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 9, 1996
Ranch House Restaurant in Aina Haina will be stripped down to its frame and reopened as two restaurants in several months. One, to be called Metro, will be a coffee shop; the other, Rockchild’s, will be a fine-dining establishment.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 30, 1986
Minors are allowed to enter the Phase and Masquerade nightclubs in Waikiki but have to sign a form and promise not to drink. Dancers at Phase enjoy the music without alcohol.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 4, 1987
Castle High School teacher Laverne Tokunaga explains how to use a metal lathe during the school’s curriculum fair, which is held to help students select their courses for the new school year.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MARCH 23, 1968
Several dozen men in striped shirts will occupy the Farrington High School auditorium for half an hour of fun. The men belong to the Aloha Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America and will be the featured entertainment for the annual Hawaii Spelling Bee, featuring champions from the state’s seven spelling bee districts.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 2, 1991
The small Lamborghini Diablo got some attention at the First Hawaiian Auto Show at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Only 500 Diablo models exist worldwide, and they retail for a cool $243,000 — a long way toward the median price of a house on Oahu.