Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 12, 1961
The Bishop Museum Planetarium is taking shape, and probably will be ready for the public in mid- September. It is hoped that an estimated 50,000 schoolchildren a year will visit the planetarium complex. A 12-1/2-inch refractor telescope and projector will be installed in the observatory for use by school groups.2/7
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STARADVERTISER / JULY 11, 1991
The sun in partial eclipse, as seen from Mauna Kea. Despite the disappointment of some viewers due to cloud cover, the midsummer solar show helped attract a record 122,000 tourists to Hawaii island in July.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / MAY 11, 1964
Helemano Elementary in Wahiawa, with a total enrollment of 330 students, has five sets of twins. They are, top row Ralph and Roland Uchida, left, Carmelita and Charlita Siquig; bottom row, Ricardo and Reynaldo Caganap, left, Michielle and Gabrielle Raquino, and John and James Aguinaldo.4/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 19, 1977
Jay Grady, an employee of Railings Inc., rides a kart along Farrington Highway in Waipahu to position lane markers, following a colleague who dropped the markers on the roadway with glue already applied.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 21, 1981
Helen Gilbert hams it up with “Madam X,” one of the prize winners at the University of Hawaii art department’s edible art exhibit called “Eat Your Art Out.” Gilbert’s entry is composed of a head of cabbage and an entire vegetable garden worth of features.6/7
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STARADVERTISER / FEB. 23, 1976
Architect Jim Charlton points out a detail of his drawing of Diamond Head crater filled in as a lake, an interpretation of what Honolulu might look like 200 years from now. The rendering was part of “Hawaii 2176: The Quadricentennial City,” being shown at the Amfac Center Plaza by the Hawaii Society of the American Institute of Architects and the state and federal bicentennial committees.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 19, 1963
Actor, bodybuilder and island gym owner Rex Ravelle, left, congratulates Neil Abercrombie, who has been appointed manager of Ravelle’s studio headquarters at Fort and King streets.
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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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Finals held at state track and field championships
University Lab captures first boys volleyball state title
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