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Rearview Mirror: Misconceptions about Hawaii range from location to huts

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                                Some people on the mainland thought all Hawaii residents lived in grass huts, danced hula, played the ukulele and surfed. David Kaapu sits in front of the Hawaiian-style home he built in the 1930s in Punaluu.
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COURTESY CAROLE KAAPU

Some people on the mainland thought all Hawaii residents lived in grass huts, danced hula, played the ukulele and surfed. David Kaapu sits in front of the Hawaiian-style home he built in the 1930s in Punaluu.

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                                During the 1970s the Greyhound bus line had a special rate for “foreigners” to encourage their bus use. People from Hawaii qualified for that rate.
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During the 1970s the Greyhound bus line had a special rate for “foreigners” to encourage their bus use. People from Hawaii qualified for that rate.

COURTESY CAROLE KAAPU
                                Some people on the mainland thought all Hawaii residents lived in grass huts, danced hula, played the ukulele and surfed. David Kaapu sits in front of the Hawaiian-style home he built in the 1930s in Punaluu.
COURTESY PHOTO
                                During the 1970s the Greyhound bus line had a special rate for “foreigners” to encourage their bus use. People from Hawaii qualified for that rate.