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Hawaii's BackyardTravel

Museum harks back to West Maui’s plantation days

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COURTESY LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION

This exhibit in the museum shows dozens of miscellaneous items including vintage radios from the collection of the late Itsuo Yano, a former agriculture teacher at Lahainaluna High School.

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COURTESY LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION

The 1930s “wringer” washer on the left is a General Electric brand. Rollers squeeze water out of the washed clothes. The 1940s “spinner” washer on the right is a Westinghouse brand. Clean laundry is moved to the “spinner” part of the machine, and water is forced out of it by a very fast spinning cycle.

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COURTESY LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION

A group of boys in Lahaina made this eight-foot boat out of corrugated tin roofing in the 1930s.

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COURTESY CHERYL CHEE TSUTSUMI

Immigrants brought their belongings in trunks and suitcases like these, which date from the late 1800s through the early 1900s.

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COURTESY LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION

An assortment of tools dating from the early 1900s through the 1950s.