Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 18, 1953
Marines get an early start aboard the merry-go-round at the 49th State Fair. Following Cpl. Helen K. Beamer aboard are Sgt. Marjorie Kalama, left, Cpl. Delores Algoso, Cpl. Mary Ann Verdoni and Pfc. Ruth K. Mason. The latter two are new arrivals at Pearl Harbor.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 27, 1981
Only dust, rubble and one section of the Alexander Young building remain as demolition continues at the Bishop Street site.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 9, 1948
Work will start on demolishing the famous House Without a Key on the grounds of the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki. It will be replaced by a modern two-story stucco and hollow title building housing six apartment suites and a lanai on the ground floor. Mrs. Clifford Kimball, widow of the late hotel owner, is pictured standing in front of the old landmark.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 20, 1950
Actress Shirley Temple stepped aboard the submarine USS Tiru for a visit, greeting sailors in the vessel’s torpedo room — Lt. R.N. Hamblin, left, Capt. Rob Roy McGregor and Lt. Dean L. Axene. Temple visited the submarine base during a tour of Pearl Harbor with her parents.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 15, 1985
The Blue Angels, the Navy’s precision flying team, is greeted at Hickam Air Force Base with lei from University of Hawaii cheerleaders Jodi Saiki, left, and Kathleen Beumel. The Royal Hawaiian and Pacific Fleet bands also helped welcome the team. The Blue Angels will perform at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 6, 1976
Members of the Dae Won-Sa Temple of Hawaii celebrate the 2,520th anniversary of Buddha’s birth with a lantern parade along Kalakaua Avenue between Fort DeRussy and Kapiolani Park.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 2, 1991
Jack Brennan, executive vice president at Hawaii Business Machines, says the trick to putting people at ease with recorded phone messages is to make voice processing systems user-friendly.
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