Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past














STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 13, 1981
Despite some hefty price tags, electronic games are selling fast. Young shoppers try out the blinking, beeping gadgets at Sears.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 9, 1960
The Royal Hawaiian hotel’s King Kamehameha suite is traditionally the scene of posh cocktail parties. The central lanai is seen here, with the Ewa apartment at left and Diamond Head apartment at right.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 19, 1960
Recording artists Louis Prima, left, and Keely Smith take an informal hula lesson aboard the USS Lurline as they arrive in Hawaii for their first trip outside the mainland and first real vacation in six years.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 10, 1989
Ken Gayley, an astronomy graduate student and a 10-year veteran of the Frisbee sport known as Ultimate, looks to pass the disc during the Hawaii Ultimate League Association’s second annual Kaimana Classic tournament at Kapiolani Park.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 4, 1988
Drivers have turned “Bryan’s Sectional Maps of Oahu” into Honolulu’s top-selling all-around book.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 30, 1991
Dale Hope fits a life jacket on Grant Tanabe as Fay Fujiki and Teresa Blaylock fasten theirs before cruising down the Ala Wai in a round electric boat.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 21, 1982
Tom Beveridge, listed as a silversmith in the Yellow Pages, repairs a model ship owned by Dr. Suzie Clark-Wismer.