Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 17, 1981
The 500 entrants in the 1980 all-women’s 10,000-meter race in Kaneohe begin the course with the Koolaus as a backdrop.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 30, 1973
Tokyo’s gleaming Ginza district has arrived in Waikiki in the form of a pachinko, or pinball, parlor, which opened in the Kalakaua Avenue office formerly occupied by Walston & Co.’s stock brokerage.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 18, 1975
The members of Country Comfort, from Waimanalo, draw long lines of people to see them during their sets at the Sugar Mill Lounge in the Hale Makai Hotel. The group plays everything from rock to progressive to Hawaiian music.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 24, 1980
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush receive Republican aloha as the vice presidential candidate officially opens headquarters for the Reagan-Bush ticket on Kapiolani Boulevard.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 11, 1973
TheBus makes good time from Hawaii Kai to downtown because police keep one lane open on Kalanianaole Highway for the new express service, compared with the traffic on the other side of the road.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 2, 1984
Engines were checked and cars polished as 29 car and truck dealers in Hawaii prepared for the opening of the eighth annual First Hawaiian Auto Show at the Blaisdell Center. The show will feature more than 200 new vehicles, and four new cars will be given away as door prizes.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 1, 1959
Veterans of one of the most decorated infantry units in World War II, the Club “100” or 100th Infantry Battalion, present a check for the USS Arizona Memorial Fund aboard the sunken battleship and also offer a wreath in memory of the 1,102 entombed crewmen. Receiving the $25 check is George Miki, left, of the Pacific War Memorial Commission; the veterans are Kenichi Suehiro, second from left; Dick Oguro, club president; Robert Sato, executive secretary; Calvin Shimogaki; and Kenneth Otagaki.