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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

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Jan. 1, 2023

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 29, 1990

Work proceeds on the new Honolulu Police Department headquarters complex, which is a year behind schedule and up to $30 million over budget due to the discovery of contamination in the soil. The site is the former bus yard at Beretania, Alapai and Hotel streets.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 15, 1978

LOOKING BACK: An eruption at Kilauea Iki Crater at the end of 1959 was a foreshadowing of what occurred shortly after the turn of the new year in Kapoho village, when a fissure behind the town opened up and fiery fountains spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air. Kapoho residents voluntarily evacuated, and their homes in the Big Island’s Puna district were overrun by molten lava.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 28, 1991

Kevin Meyer and Martha Sunahara get fireworks advice from Melani Tarutani at the Discount Fireworks kiosk at Beretania and Piikoi streets. About 6,400 people have obtained city permits to buy and set off up to 500 firecrackers each between 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve and 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 25, 1990

New York Mets star pitcher Sid Fernandez brings his no-smoking message to students at his alma mater, Keolu Elementary School.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 12, 1960

A contestant guesses the total donations received in this year’s Community Chest campaign at the Bank of Hawaii booth in downtown Honolulu. People can also enter for a chance to win a free trip for two to the neighbor islands at the booth in Ala Moana Center.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 3, 1962

Juliana Kekauoha gets tattooed by Tommy Taurima with a grease pencil for “Polynesian Panorama,” Church College of Hawaii’s music and dance spectacular at the Waikiki Shell.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 25, 1988

An inflatable Santa Claus watches over Waikiki beachgoers, including this beachboy carrying his longboard down the sand. Santa was placed in front of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki by members of the Mana-Kai catamaran for a seasonal touch to Christmas in the islands.
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