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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 19, 1980

Momilani Elementary School sixth graders Beth Aragaki, left, Rae-Ann Nagao, Laura Chong, Liana Nakahodo, Lynn Anzai, Reid Suzuki, Ian Ogawa, Gary Fukumoto, Paul Ogata and Daniel Inoshita beam as they stand near Hookiekie Street, the street they successfully got government officials to name.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 27, 1947

Honolulu’s garbage collection system now boasts an innovation: a new, closed-in truck which will keep refuse from scattering on the streets. Joining the unveiling are von Hamm-Young representatives J.H. Rastatter, left, and M.C. Crockett, and Richard F. McBean, right, city and county automotive equipment superintendent.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 19, 1984

Some of the men modeling in the upcoming Hawaii’s Thousand Friends fashion show get pointers from the show’s director.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 27, 1983

Faith Henderson of Aloha Petroleum Corp. demonstrates the company’s new credit card-operated gas pumps at Aloha’s Kahala service station.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 25, 1986

Tony Conjugacion, right, winner of four Na Hoku Hanohano awards, is congratulated by fellow musician Brother Noland, who is his biological brother.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MARCH 27, 1964

Cable Ship Long Lines completes another link in the Hawaii-Japan telephone cable, connecting it to Wake Island where it will be extended to Guam. Once this is finished, the final 1,500 nautical miles of cable will be picked up at Yokohama and laid from Guam to Japan.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 18, 1969

This float, decorated with 42,000 orchids, mums and plumerias, captured first prize in the Aloha Week Parade. The float by Sheraton Hotels depicts an old-fashioned gramophone playing Hawaiian music and features a turntable that actually spins.