Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / NOVEMBER 1, 1966
Accompanied by officials of the Military Sea Transport Union, U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, center, tastes soup served on the research vessel Shearwater at Pier 40. The crew thanked Inouye for pushing a bill that provides an additional 20 working days vacation a year for federal civil service seamen.2/7
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STARADVERTISER / JUNE 12, 1952
These parked cars used as lei vending stands on Lagoon Drive must be removed by 7 p.m. Friday by order of the state highway department. A new lei vendors’ village on Honolulu Airport property will be ready for occupancy Monday.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / APRIL 12, 1989
Fred Kauwe lines up bottles of freshly hand-packed kimchi at Kohala Kim Chee Factory in Kapaau, Hawaii.4/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 15, 1971
Four black blocks of compacted garbage from Japan, each weighing 1,100 to 1,400 pounds, are among 30 such bails to be part of a state-sponsored experiment to see whether they’re suitable as landfill. Twenty-six of the blocks will be immersed in salt water for a year in a pond near the old airport terminal. The remaining four will spend the year in the open air, covered in chicken wire and asphalt to keep them from breaking up.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / AUGUST 20, 1961
These seven 4-H Club members won awards in four different categories at the annual Ahaolelo Banquet. Seated are Cheryl Kaneoka of Hilo, left, Blanche Yamamoto of South Oahu and Linda Nakaima of Maui. Standing are Roy Tsukamoto of South Oahu, left; Carol Mae Abrew of Maui; Edwin Nishiyama of Kula, Maui; and Charlotte Wada of Hilo.6/7
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 23, 1963
Advocates of water fluoridation demonstrate at Honolulu Hale. The City Council opted to defer for a month a vote on the contentious issue of whether to fluoridate Oahu’s water supply.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / JULY 19, 1989
The inaugural Taro Festival at Windward Community College will celebrate kalo as a pillar of Native Hawaiian life and culture and as a modern crop of economic signifi cance. Festival organizers Mitsue Cook-Carlson, left, and Laurel Muneoka offer taro cuttings and taro dishes beside the University of Hawaii’s taro loi.
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