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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

View historic Hawaii photos “back in the day.”

By Star-Advertiser

March 24, 2024

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STARADVERTISER / MAY 8, 1985

Entertainer Freddie Morris and his sidekick, Moku Kahana, perform during the Na Hoku Hanohano festivities at the Westin Ilikai’s Pacific Ballroom, where they made quite an entrance, arriving in a red firetruck from Engine Company 6 on King Street — with siren wailing.
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 3, 1970

Dennis Devaney examines Bishop Museum’s freeze-dried crown-of-thorns starfish, which gets its name from venomous spines that cover its surface, resembling the biblical crown of thorns.
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STARADVERTISER / AUGUST 6, 1960

Slingshots are not prohibited, but a proliferation of the “potentially dangerous thing” in the hands of children in her Kailua neighborhood, including her son, Ian, taking aim with one he purchased, prompted Mrs. Earle W. Sandison to voice her concerns with the local stores that were selling them. She succeeded in getting slingshots removed from some shelves, and has turned to parents for additional support in controlling the sale of them to children.
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STARADVERTISER / FEB. 23, 1957

It was a busy day on the waterfront as people gathered at Honolulu Harbor to welcome the arrival of the liner Leilani, which was followed an hour later by the Lurline.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 12, 1966

Attempting a new method of seal tagging, Eugene Kridler, left, of the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and Brian Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution place a tarp over the head of a sleeping Hawaiian monk seal at French Frigate Shoal to keep it calm. It didn’t work, and the agitated seal fled into the water without a tag.
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STARADVERTISER / NOVEMBER 22, 1951

In a perfect “V” or “flying wedge” formation, the full complement of the Honolulu Police Department motorcycle squad passes in review. The handpicked men, led by Sgt. Harry H. Phillips, front, are the nucleus of a proud organization that will continue to expand in the future. Although primarily engaged in traffic work, the solo bike officers are trained for any eventuality. They are HPD’s highly mobile, hard-hitting corps of daredevils who do everything from escorting VIPs to controlling mobs, in any kind of weather.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 22, 1954

Paul L. Breese, Honolulu Zoo director, holds Borneo as the zoo’s prize orangutan hands a $15 check to Patrick E. Chun, a 10-year -old Punahou student who came up with the winning name — Manini — for the zoo’s baby zebra.
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