Photos of Old Honolulu (Hawaii) 1900-1913
My friend who usually Noreen me pictures emails Old Hawaii sent me over the other day This brought back memories long forgotten, I do not know where the photos or captions came from, but they're valuable enough to me.
Aloha Motors at the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Atkinson Drive is now the site of the Center Conventon Hawaii.
Corner of Beretania and Richards streets where the Schuman building Transportation and the office of a doctor was in the 1950's and 1960's The entire block was demolished to build the State Capitol Building This photo was taken in the street near Washington Square.
Bishop Street, looking towards the Mauka Beretania Street in this street in 1959 eventually went to Vineyard Pali Hwy Bishop St became a Makai way related Across Beretania is now the Place du Capitole building.
The old Civic Auditorium to 1314 S King St to be demolished to make way for progress, in April 1974 was built in January 1933, it has hosted many functions over the years.
The last day of Coco Coffee House, August 31, 1986 After 26 years of activity at the corner of Kapiolani and Kalakaua, it makes way for a new business, the Hard Rock Cafe Coco Before s, the Kau Kau Korner was there.
Fort Street to King Street mauka Research November 8, 1959 Today, Fort Street is a pedestrian mall.
Hawaii Kai in a photo 1960 Henry Kaiser began the development of the region.
The HIC later renamed Neal Blaisdell Center is being built in 1963.
Statehood celebration at the old Honolulu Stadium March 13.1959.
1970 Photo of baseball fans lining on King Street and Isenberg Stadium in Honolulu box office to buy playoff tickets.
The annual summit of Thanksgiving Day high school football championship game at the Old Stadium Honolulu Isenberg and King Street in 1963. Today, the Honolulu State Rec Area stadium site or to call the Old Stadium Park.
HRT bus barn at the corner of Alapai streets and hotel in the 70 The Honolulu Police Department is now on that corner.
Honolulu Iron Works 1960 Today, it is the place of Restaurant Row.
Kapiolani Drive In on the corner of Ala Moana and Ena Rd in July 1968 A popular meeting place in the 50s and 60s, it was demolished in late 1960 to make way for condominiums Wailana.
The Kau Kau Korner at the corner of Kapiolani and Kalakaua in 1940 The company was demolished in 1960 and replaced by Coco Coffee House, which was demolished in 1986 to make way for the Hard Rock Cafe, which is currently at this location .
The construction of the overpass street Keeaumoku April 14, 1960 looking towards Diamond Head direction from right to left, Makai MAUKA.
1959 photo of the old Sears and Roebuck building, which eventually became the headquarters of the Honolulu police, then a high-rise condominium.
March 19, 1959 Photo of the old Sears and Roebuck building and parking on Beretania young and King streets and later in 1967, turned into police Honolulu Later, the building was demolished and a high-rise condominium is now at this point the parking lot in the foreground is now the Pawaa neighborhood park.
State Capitol in constructon in the background Photo taken on Kapiolani Blvd and St Drier The advertiser? East on March 27 left 1967.
The construction of the state Capitol building July 5, 1966 Punchbowl corner and street Hotel is down right Street Hotel is now the walkway between the Capitol building and Iolani Palace.
Tops coffee shop in 1956 Ala Moana on Fort DeRussy.
Trader Vic's at the corner of Ward Avenue and King Street is now the site of the Honolulu Club and the TGIF restaurant now closed.
Waialae shopping center, which eventually became Kahala Mall, celebrates its third birthday when this photo was taken in 1961.
1957 photo of the Ward Field The entire property was demolished in 1959 to make way for the concert hall, exhibition hall and the Center Blaisdell It covered the entire block of Ward Ave, King Street and Kapiolani Blvd.
The water fountain at the entrance to the Honolulu airport in 1960 At night, when the water fountain was illuminated with colorful orange lights, it looked like the volcano eruption.
Cool, cool, cool I remember some of these places, I must be old Priceless old photos.
I know Erick don t you want, you can go back in time just to get pictures of these places.
It was great, thank you for sharing, some I remember and some were before my time.
I LOVE old photos Can you imagine the size of the device that was used to make those pictures Unfortunately I do not remember most of these places since I arrived in Hawaii in 1975.
The man might be the nyquil talk, but it really makes me sad to think that my children are going to see when they grow The skyline has changed sooo plenny in just 20-30 years, I can see the legend now Likelike Drive Inn on Keeaumoku street, people used to flock here for pancakes impressive bananas demolished in 2015, now the site Honolulu a trillionth Skyrise Condominium.
Many beautiful memories with really old pictures, football games Honolulu Stadium, Kapahulu Avenue goes to grandma s I left in 1962 then was gone when many of them were taken Thanks for sharing.
Shun Wah, I wonder what camera was used because the pictures are of excellent quality.
Yosh, I should probably start taking pictures of things I take for granted as Likelike Drive Inn.
Betty really brings home just how long you've been gone Wow.
Love the old pictures I know I'm not old because I remember most of the places are still haven t got cs4 download, need to call again tomorrow remains, I am not in Gig Harbor, WA now Wyoming was great, but miss my family a lot Wyoming.
Wow These are great photos and captions were as good as I remember going to Aloha Motors with my parents when they bought two or three of their Oldsmobiles when I was a small child.
Rick, I remember Motors Aloha here on the corner so I would like to know who compiled the photos and subtitled They did an awesome job.
Thank you for posting these images I like to watch historical images of what was here kind of things I wish I could go back in time and walk around these places in the day.
Wow - great pictures and I remember most of these places, which really dates me haha.
I LOOOVE these pictures they're amazing I wish we had a little ranch house there I would have a book with all those pictures they're amazing.
Haunani I agree, I love the photos and captions I want to know who to credit with putting together.
I just found your site and take the opportunity to leave a few words I m a French writer and is currently working on a novel, the landscape occur on the island Oahu 1939-1949 I'm looking for pictures of this period if you please know of a Thank you and congratulations for your link Jean-Michel website.
Hi Jean-Michel There is a large collection of old photos Hawaii here.
Hawaiian I love these photos I'm plannin to open a new coffee Hawaiian style in Korea and would like to post some of the pictures on the wall as a decoration.
Maren Sorry, but those are not my pictures, I have them in an email, and do not even know where they came from.
Dear Jalna, It is a pleasure to thank you for the link you leave I'll find what I seek Thank you Sincerely, Jean-Michel.
As I am now 60, I do not remember a lot of these places mom took me to Old Plantation before it is demolished It was open to the public for the last time that I do not remember if we could go to the building but the grounds were like being in a different world when Ah Waialae shopping Center, Western star in supermarket pictures after the Piggly Wiggly original and become stars supermarket Aloha Motors, my first new car to 77 All other Cocos, Kapiolani Drive Inn too How to tell the grocers in Kahala where men Macy is now.
I'm right behind you Old Kahala kid, but my memory is not as strong as yours Ahhh, by chance to go back in time if only but look.
Jaina, I was just surfing the web for old photos of Hawaii and found your website breath of the past, I also like really view photos oh I was in Hawaii conner Fort and King streets when Hawaii became 50th State I sold the Honolulu Advertiser and done the advice that day was my part of the paper the Honolulu coffee and the building is still there its part of HPU campus Downtown anyway, I saw a picture of this building that you had on this site Thanks for posting these great pictures Mahalo.
Thank you very much for taking the time to comment Larry I love the memories you have in your heart careful.
I was stationed at Barbers Point in 1963-1964 and lived in an apartment at the corner of Kalakaua and Ala Wai Canal We had a nice view of Diamond Head from the veranda I am currently a return visit for the first time my things have changed, I enjoyed your collection of old photos Top's was one of my favorite places.
Bienvenue Wayne I think it is great that you are here for a short time in the old days Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Someone remembers a 1968 Oldsmobile convertible saffron yellow with a black side band on the wings before I try to find the original owner, from 1968 to 1970, and the 2nd owner, 1970 to July 2011, I think that it would have originally sold at Aloha Motors Thanks Shawn.
I lived in Pearl Harbor and Fort Shafter from 1960-1963 Anyone have pictures of the old base exchanges for both Tony.
I really liked the pictures, I wish we could go back to those days.
This is an interesting collection of pictures, I do not remember most of these places Sometimes I wonder if the digital images of today have the staying power of those old bromides fortunately someone decided to keep .
These images are a treasure for our city, Honolulu to Statehood 1959 The following years brought many changes, but again the streets are always in the same places Thanks for sharing.
I love these photos, it brought back some good memories I left Hawaii in 1966, and yes the LST stage was a busy place in the years I returned to Hawaii in 1987, he certainly changed much since, but I like Anyway your PIX to obtain copies of these Pix.
Thank you for the comments, Anon Sorry, but these aren t my photos.
I remember almost all buildings and places photographed here and now Sears went too-Auwe-the price of progress.
So is gold, I LOVE old photos Can you imagine the size of the device that was used to make those pictures Unfortunately I am not remember most of these places since I arrived in Hawaii Meet and Greet.
Very cool high school I was selling the paper online Star Bulletin stage We would get into the game for free and have a little money for a hot dog and a coke great pictures, you Thak.
My father was stationed at Schofield Barracks 1959-1964 These photos brought back many memories We lived in Ewa Beach not the wonderful childhood base and wonderful memories Thanks for posting these images come to find out that the International Market Place is demolished to make way for a new shopping mall with Saks Fifth Avenue Really horrible.
Thank you for these beautiful photos, I was born here in 1954 before the mad rush of development Photos you PUBLISHED bring back wonderful memories increasingly on Oahu.
You know your old when you remember the majority of these images and Coco s hawaii kai Wow.
Like Vegas, the front of the airport was I remember kai Coco's and hawaii amazing.
Love your pictures Restores many memories you happen to have a picture of the old Theater Kapahulu.
Anon thank you, but I did not take the pictures I got them in an e-mail from a friend Sorry, but I have not a photo of the former Theater Kapahulu.
The picture just below Aloha Motors - Beretania corner and Richards - is actually the first building of the Central Union Church, which has a modern building around the corner ahead kitty corner in the street there was a gas station at St Andrew's Cathedral that didn t go away until they finished the cathedral, tearing on the cutting room against termites and replace it with the Great West window, which represented a termite in it.
Football games on Thanksgiving Day two were played not for the big ILH school championship, which was decided during the regular season depending on the team that won the largest number of regular season games eight Kamehameha, Punahou, Roosevelt and Farrington were often in the first four and played on Thanksgiving McKinley, Iolani, St. Louis, Kaimuki and Kalani generally finished behind the top four it was late 50s early 60s.
My parents and I came to Oahu in 1959, I was 8 years old, began ELE wearing pearls, and little Ben Franklin and other stores is the small shopping center there, there is a Tastee gel All are wild places are gone, we lived in a cul-de-sac lot of bouganvilla, wooden roses, everything, then moved to 5th in front of the Arena Bloch, tons of Myna birds, the 'monkey pod tree is still there in 2007, but all the birds in the area are left as they demolished everything that housing marine my parents bought me a nice ukulele to 20 in 1963 the value is now about 450, I would have what I learned to hula in a hut Quanset and had my daughter Scout meetings in a hut Quanset now there is no pineapple Dole round all the wild places are gone, it seems, AFER different programs and movies TV that came oahu, which has brought much change s, construction I still remember the Sears store, and the first of america mall, we dined at the restaurant Al Ronde when opened, he turned once every hour, I could hear creaking ride our bikes and play with barbie, making leis, the same frangipani bushes and monkey pod trees still exist on the 5th was the only way I could tell where our house was when I visited in 2007, holy family academy for 2 years, we went to the island many times I remember the boys talking pigeon and I laugh because I have not understood, I remember seeing women walking downtown with kimonos in 1961 on all my parents' parties given navy blue people, people were kind and trusting person and was afraid of your children to be taken this Sá different world.
Aloha I am looking for an old photo of George Higa S Beretania Honolulu Coffee Strong, in the late 1930 s and early 1940 also seeks a picture of M. Higa, the owner if someone has a menu, I would be very grateful Mahalo, Julie Checkoway.
Just came across your site Thanks for a nice walk in the memory I remember having my license to HPD on the site of the former Sears building and TOPS and Kau Kau Korner ad Cocos And then my little sister even graduated in the new HIC fountain night was really cool to the new airport, but I loved the old airport with open sides and ladies walking around selling leis their course arms, construction Henry J Kaiser Hawaii Kai with all roses tractors etc since Ms. Kaiser loved pink Thanks for the memories.
wonderful pictures for us of Hawaii boomers These photos of the old Waialae Shopping Center are wonderful I remember the shopping center before the house of Liberty was built the supermarket there was first a Piggly Wiggly, then the West and Western Star, Star, and now Whole Foods I remember all the modest houses of the ways of Kahala in the early 1950s before MacMansions.
Ah, Kapiolani Drive In If I remember you could get 5 burgers for a dollar so Ilikai broke ground, I think they had the miniature golf course across the street to the Hilton.
Thank you for those great pix first set foot on O ahu in July 1974 on the way to my first Down Under service station returned to stay in 1976 Ala Moana Motors, Coco's, the former police station Pawa , McInerny s, Liberty House, Chinese cuisine Patty, all parties Kalakaua was two lanes in Waiks, stretching cane fields of Pearl City in Mililani Ewa DOLE CANNERY Miss vintage, but there is still much that is Similarly, until the development and transit demolish what little left hate to think Kaka ako end up looking like the waterfront everything from Iwilei Diamond will be solid tall, soon my uncle grew up in Waikiki 30 years of the 1920s, he is too old to go back, but last trip saddened to see all the changes change may be inevitable, but that doesn t make the best L8rz.
You had a picture of Coco restaurant, I remember before that it was Kau Kau Korner home of Kentucky Fried Chicken Yes, I worked there to do all these fountain drinks and sundaes I started to think more in the past and Remember these pine cone trees around the zoo and the old Waikiki Band Hold longer remember all the palm trees and vendors on the sidewalks of Waikiki also remember how he should dress well to watch movies at the Waikiki theater have you showed a picture of Kapahulu Ave I remember club kiddie shows on Saturday morning at Kapahulu theater also as a kid, we would walk around barefoot another oldie here a Honolulu call in Wailua and Ewa was a long distance call Mmmmm and listen dramas and other programs were all on the radio before television in black and white and in our youth, we made our own toys and also made our prop res games to play cowboys and Indians were popular I wonder if you remember these games there one hide a d Seek 2 Mama Poletta 3 Jacks 4 Make a round circle round 5 Red Rover Red Rover send Julie law of 6 Gel man melt it so many others remember when mangos and guavas and Lilikoi were many and you do not have to pay for them would share Neighbors and tell you to help you Ahhh how nice to remember Oh the good ole days and the best but we didn t have to lock our front door.
Hello, Man I remember all those words, because I am from Honolulu, Hawaii I was born in August 25, 1939 I used to live on Hayden Street in Kapahulu I attended the school on Kapahulu intermediant and corner Alawai then I attended St. Abustin Intermediant school and Roosevelt High school and graduated in 1958. During this time, I was walking to Waikiki beach and surfing and paddle canoe and ride the boat I surf with Rabbit Kekai, Jama Kekai , Kahanamoku duck and worked all consulting firms surf at the beach when the waves are good and I to play hooky and go surfing and paddle canoe I paddled for Waikiki surf club and club surfing Ala Wai Then I moved to Southern California in Hermosa beach and surfed there in most of the beaches I used real-time with 2 friends on eight street and went to the second street, and met guy from us and they played the ukulele music, and I borrowed a form of surfboard and one of the guys made my first surfing on the beach Man the water was very cold, but I really did some great surfing and really enjoyed everything so the remaining years, I worked for many surfboard companies such as Happ Jacops Greg Knowl, Dewey Weber, and Lyman surfboard firm I sand surfboards for these companies for a few years and I was asked to have my own surfboard company, so I started my own surfboard company in Hermosa beach, much to the floor sanded and surfboards in the evening and in the morning I went to the beach to surf so I erase all iche things out of my body that was the good old days, and now I really want to go home from here in Las Vegas, Nevada I am 76 years old and I play a some online games and hope to earn some money, so I return home, I am a very religious brother as a Jehovah's Witness and witnessed for about 30 years and want to go home and live with my brother a couple of weeks and rent or buy a house and return to the beach to surf and canoe paddle so please see if you help me Aloha and Mahalo, Bradda Wendell Abbey Wood.
I was working at Kapiolani Drive Inn in 1966, the year Mr. Francis Tom has closed to make way for the Wailana still remember many people, I hope it's ok to mention some of my colleagues Mel Campbell Mgr, chief Mr. Arakaki, Goldie Aileen Alnas Suki, Faiumu Liu Faleafini, worked the drive-inn run game, Tony soda fountain-Cabral, Hannah Livingston Edna car hops Keahuhu, Dodo bartender, hostess Carol topless bar room Rickshaw Hula restaurant waitresses room, Dot, Alice Lovell, Emily Canopin, so many that I still have a scar on my right thumb, meat slicer, making coleslaw M. Arakaki took me to Kaiser ER to get stitched up military personnel came to RR in the street to Fort DeRussy and would sometimes stop by KDI frycook I was in the kitchen with Mr. AI reminds me more of the songs played on the jukebox one of my favorites even today is San F rancisco wear flowers in your hair Scott McKenzie Vietnam War was, and so was the hippie era, I guess you can say I was at the time I was ranked 1A on my card project and volunteered in the military My mother was upset, but I'm happy to serve Jalna Thank you for sharing all these old pictures photos and memories seem it was only yesterday yesterday I now live in Utah for 20 years past.
My cousin sent me a link island in 2008 these same pictures they were originally published by the Honolulu Advertiser after the Star-Bulletin was sold in early 2000 and can be accessed online for free Many are went back in the 1800s and in late 1900 I downloaded a lot from 1941 to 1986 for use in class meetings to Redford High School, class of 63, I'm a member, I no longer live in the islands, but miss my friends, family and the beauty of the islands OK, ono food too.
Thank you so much for sharing these photos, it was pleasant to say the least I want Hawaii has not changed, but we all need to evolve to some extent, I have not come to Hawaii until 1980 I remember Woolworths center ala moana shopping thats about as far as I am if I remember Coco would like to have seen the old Halekulani before they renovated I was in Hawaii in enough time to see it in all its glory, but never noted until it was renovated I really never went to Waikīkī at the time I remember the waikiki theater plays organ music and I was there when they imploded Kaiser near Ala Moana anyone beach park by chance know where I could get vintage photos of Queen St back in the day or around Kaka AKO.
Hi Anon Utah I just wanted to let you know that I am not able to change the year for you Sorry, I totally appreciate your comment.
Aloha and Mahalo for sharing photos My father drew this picture at Kapiolani Hula Drive In, but died in 1961, I am grateful that the picture lives.
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