Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 9, 1970
Joseph Hoohuli, a sixth grader at Nanaikapono Elementary School, demonstrates his battery-powered tree, a string of lights that illuminates a stack of snow-flecked tin cans.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 14, 1957
Juvenile delinquents at Koolau Training School for Boys break rocks for a new road. Every inmate gets 30 days of such labor.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 24, 1960
John W. Hoxie, treasurer of the Oahu Tuberculosis and Health Association, was the first customer for the new after-hours X-ray unit at Wahiawa Rural Hospital. He was assisted by nurse Marguerite Nobuhara.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 16, 1978
Victoria Barrera, right, washes and trims the cooked taro at the Honolulu Poi Factory. The taro later is fed through a hopper into a grinding machine.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 30, 1973
Foresters Hall, a memento of Honolulu’s past near the corner of Alapai and Lusitana streets just makai of the freeway, will soon be razed to make way for a 12-story, 83-unit condominium. The hall served as headquarters for a succession of fraternal and benevolent associations and as a venue for a variety of public affairs, including dances.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 4, 1973
Roland Kouke, second from left, and his friends — Jay White, left, Harold Fenton and Kurt Mench — were able to wrangle and spear a 450-pound sea bass off West Molokai that Kouke encountered while he was swimming 30 feet below the surface.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 31, 1989
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos and tobacco heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke attend the 26th annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition in Hilo.
UH baseball team wins over Cal Poly with 6-5 victory
People attend plant giveaway with more than 1,000 plants
Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22
Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
Long Beach State beats UC Irvine for Big West men’s volleyball title
Maryknoll faces Punahou in ILH softball
Volunteers prepare lanterns for Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony
UC Irvine sweeps Hawaii in Big West semifinals
Volunteers show their love of the land ahead of Earth Day
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UH baseball team wins over Cal Poly with 6-5 victory
People attend plant giveaway with more than 1,000 plants
Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22
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Long Beach State beats UC Irvine for Big West men’s volleyball title
