Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 21, 1967
Buddy Toyama, left, and Thomas Kekahio of Kaimuki High School discuss auto mechanics with Miss Troubleshoot Pauline Tanaka, a junior, also of Kaimuki High. Tanaka was selected from candidates of competing schools.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 19, 1987
Surfers protest the city’s plans to remove the Kuhio Beach surfboard lockers.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 12, 1961
Hisakichi Wada, 87, stands next to the 4-foot-tall shrine he made by hand for Daijingu Temple, a Shinto organization. The shrine, which took the retired carpenter and longtime temple member a year to make, will be installed on the altar later this month.STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 21, 1971
Merrie Carol Grain shows visitors the spinning wheel and oven in the Mission Houses Museum, 553 S. King St. The candlelight open house, illustrating the New England way of keeping Christmas, will be held again. There is no admission charge.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 13, 1960
Actors Charlton Heston and Lydia Clarke pose with their son, Frasier, for photographs upon their arrival at Honolulu International Airport.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 25, 1950
Convention President Samuel W. King stands before the U.S. and Hawaiian flags in Iolani Palace’s Throne Room for the signing of the Hawaii Constitution. Joseph R. Farrington, delegate to U.S. Congress, sits at right.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 23, 1957
Two famous cosmopolitans enjoy Tahitian cocktails on the Tahitian Lanai of the Waikikian Hotel. On the left is talented young author Truman Capote (1958’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and 1965’s “In Cold Blood”). Seated with him is Cecil Beaton, photographer to British royalty.