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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

View historic Hawaii photos “back in the day.”

By Star-Advertiser

Nov. 24, 2024 • Updated 7:08 p.m.

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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 24, 1951

The Honolulu Police Department’s “white cars” — its white-and-maroon patrol cars — move out. The department’s accident prevention detail covers beats throughout the city and county. Its primary mission is to enforce traffic laws to prevent mayhem on Oahu’s roadways.
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STARADVERTISER / NOVEMBER 13, 1950

Hana Bay is one of the many protected havens along the shoreline near Hotel Hana-Maui, whose Hamoa Beach nearby is one of the most beautiful in the islands. These tranquil, far-away shores are nearer since the opening of the new Hana airport. Deep-sea life is plentiful in these waters outside the bay, and a new deep-sea fishing cruiser is available to sports fishermen at the hotel.
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 26, 1957

A new swimming pool installed at the Naniloa Hotel in Hilo at a cost of $20,000 is the first step in an improvement program that calls for immediate completion of six additional lanai suites and other upgrades.
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STARADVERTISER / APRIL 3, 1976

Big Bird of “Sesame Street” television fame, who has been around town all week, showed up at Iolani Palace for the weekly concert of the Royal Hawaiian Band. The kids apparently were expecting him.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 12, 1961

William “Jazz” Belknap, who retired from the newspaper business, has been keeping busy by working on the “Santaland” Christmas attraction at Kahului Shopping Center.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 4, 1968

This site once was the busy Aoki Supermarket, at the corner of Ohua Street and Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. With demolition almost completed, construction crews will soon begin the foundation of a 26-story hotel where the supermarket and other small businesses once stood.
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STARADVERTISER / AUGUST 27, 1973

The American Legion parade marches through town with a degree of fanfare rarely seen in Hawaii.
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