Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 6, 1969
The opening of the new J.C. Penney store at Kahala Mall means new jobs for 200 people.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 17, 1980
The office of famed architect Vladimir Ossipoff reflects his utilitarian and minimalist attitudes toward his work: There’s a sense of balance with no clutter.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 6, 1958
Cracking machines are lined up at the Keaau Orchard macadamia nut processing plant, with Tamatsu Nakashima at the controls. Each of the five machines is set to crack nuts of a certain size; together, they can handle 12,500 pounds per hour.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 8, 1980
Beverly Cope, left, Ron Carter, Caroline Johnson and Jim Neal, all of Sarasota, Fla., wore masks made of flowers for the Mask Ball at the 18th annual Teleflora Conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 1, 1966
The most important machine in town will be this IBM 1460 data processing system, which will tabulate election results at First National Bank. Systems engineer Masami Hayakawa, left, checks things over.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 3, 1954
Democrats clustered around campaign headquarters on Punchbowl Street and watched results as they were added up on a tote board in the early morning.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 3, 1958
Lawrence Y. Kunihisa, Republican Senate hopeful from Oahu’s 5th District, makes an appeal on television as the Kwon family watches.