Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 28, 1960

A driver passes the Police Department’s new radar-radio operated “You are speeding” sign.

STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 7, 1962

Waikiki social notes: Oscar, a California bit actor who was booked into Ala Moana Center to entertain Christmas shoppers, convalesces in the surf off Waikiki Aquarium. The long-whiskered trouper fell from the center’s stage and suffered a concussion while taking a bow Dec. 7. Supporting Oscar’s head is his trainer and manager, Homer Snow. The actor is reported fully recovered.

STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 12, 1964

Waikiki’s new theater, the Royal, opens with the premiere of “Becket,” starring Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. The theater, at Kuhio Avenue and Kanekapolei Street, is owned by Royal Theatres Ltd.

STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 13, 1957

Al Slagle, right, a Star-Bulletin reporter, had to crawl against the gale to get to the overturned sedan where tow service workers sought shelter from the roaring wind estimated as high as 80 miles per hour. Mrs. John Sitch of 334 Auwinala Road and her children Mike, 2, and Warren, 4, were terrified though uninjured when their car was overturned by a gust at the Pali summit. They caught a ride home.

STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 22, 1959

The Jokers, teenage Oahu ballad singers, are touring Hollywood this week. They won first place recently in the statewide Show of Stars amateur talent contest sponsored by the Hawaii Youth Talent Council. Shown before boarding their plane are Theodore Chinen, left, Melvin Ishizu, Marcus Nishikawa, Wayne Amioka, Marvin Furusho and Oren Hakoda.

STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 26, 1980

Aloha Stadium was crowded with little Uncle Sams and Samanthas, who were among the 4,000 keiki from the state Department of Parks and Recreation’s Summer Fun Olympics. These supporters gracing the stands in their patriotic attire are from the Enchanted Lake program.