Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 28, 1984
Steven Parker, left, and Brian Urquhart relax after an early morning surf session at Kaiser’s break near the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Waikiki.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 26, 1980
Kids enrolled in the city Department of Parks and Recreation’s Summer Fun program held their own Olympics at Aloha Stadium, competing in track and field events. Members of Swanzy Ahuimanu Summer Fun in Kahaluu cheer on their friends.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 25, 1966
Engine 12 of the Kahului Railroad Co. has made its last run on Maui. In operation for 87 years, the railroad was most recently used to haul bulk sugar, but the operation proved too expensive.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 2, 1961
It took a little over a year and more than $100,000 to transfer the Waikiki Beach property on which stood the old Steiner buildings to a broad expanse of sand backed by a modernist bathhouse, which is now open but still has wire barricades around it until grass takes root.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 15, 1957
Huge stones gathered in Kukuiolono Park in Kalaheo, Kauai, are all relics of old Hawaii, each having a historic significance or use.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 31, 1981
A fisherman at Haleiwa Beach Park seems oblivious to the celestial phenomenon taking place behind him as the setting sun is eclipsed by the moon.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 20, 1954
John Croft, local manager of Pacific Refiners, stands with part of a modern gas system that will serve Kekaha Sugar Co. homes — the first plantation village in the territory to use such a system. The $20,000 project will supply gas for 277 plantation homes.
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