Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past














STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 7, 1977
A self-sufficient youngster struggles to right his sailboat in Ala Wai Yacht Harbor while fellow sailors move in to lend a hand if necessary.STARADVERTISER / NOVEMBER 7, 1968
The sun sets at Kalaupapa on Molokai, where a large white cross marks an old cemetery in Kauhako Crater filled with ancient graves.STARADVERTISER / MAY 4, 1987
Lanai youngsters take a snack break at S.T. Property Inc., which is known for its hamburgers.STARADVERTISER / SEPTEMBER 30, 1989
A line of tourists makes its way across a recent lava flow from Kilauea Volcano.STARADVERTISER / JANUARY 18, 1983
Dayna Dias, with her son, Kawai, 2, watches Glenn Nagareda, bookmobile driver, check out their books on the new automated system at the Kaneohe Regional Library.STARADVERTISER / MAY 28, 1986
Gary Walker puckers up while tending to Tapioca, a nubile Nubian dairy goat, one of a penful of purebred dairy goats that Walker brought to the Hawaii State Farm Fair at McKinley High School.STARADVERTISER / MARCH 4, 1948
The former Navy recreation center on Kalakaua Avenue is inspected by members of the city board of public parks and recreation, pending a decision by that body whether to accept the donation of the structure by the Navy. On the inspection trip were John D. Kilpatrick, left, Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, Mrs. J.C. Walker, Clayton Chamberlin, Kim Ak Ching, Richard Kimball and J.E. Lyons, parks superintendent.