Hawaii in 1950
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2009
- Depart Los Angeles harbor aboard the Lurline for the five day crossing to Honolulu. We stayed at the Royal Hawaiian, one of three hotels on Waikiki. Yes, that is a picture of Duke Kahanamoku, who watched me part of the day while my parents attended a conference. He competed on the US Olympic Swim Team in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won gold in two games.
Then to Maui where we stayed at Hana, before continuing to the Big Island. Mauna Loa had just erupted and flows had crossed the main highway and lava was still hot enough to burn the soles of your shoes. The last few pics were taken on the Garden Island - Kauai. We returned from Honolulu to Los Angeles on the inaugural overnight flight of United's Stratocruiser. You'll recognize the voice as the great Hawaiian singer, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - IZ.
Having been blessed by growing up in Waikiki during the 1940s and 1950s my cousin Izzy's beautiful voice accompanying this video brought back wonderful memories of a Hawaii that is forever gone...
God my Island used to be so beautiful😩
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Im so Blessed Grateful n Thankful for my Home in Honolulu Hawaii
Great slide show. it brings back so many great memories of Hawaii, sailing on the Lurline and Matsonia before planes were a big thing, hanging on Waikiki Beach before it was ruined by development..... thanks for the memories.
Thank you much for sharing this. I was born in Honolulu in 1952 and still live in Hilo. I remember those days and still long for them. Thanks for revreshing my memory.
My brother moved to Hawaii in 1960 and passed away in Waimea. Both parents are buried in Punchbowl, so have returned over 40 times. But my fondest memories are of the old Hawaii. Nice to hear from you!
I see pictures of Laie. My great grandfather Aivao Leota and his long diving spear. Hamana Kalili (King) with his 3 missing fingers, hence da shaka sign.
Mahalo, A lovely reverie bringing back memories of Hawai'i Ala during my childhood in the early 60s.
So beautiful. So unspoiled. So truly Hawaiian. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Mahalo nui. Simply beautiful memories.
Wonderful video/slide show, David. Beautifully done! How fortunate you are to have seen Hawai'i in those bygone days. Hawai'i is still a beautiful place, but "progress" has diminished some of the great history and culture of Hawaiian people. Mahalo for sharing this great video. Aloha!
Thank you for sharing--amazing video. At 20 seconds in is a view of my neighborhood on the hill behind Waikiki--St. Louis heights--seemingly half completed at the time of this film.
Wonderful video. Thanks for posting. Oahu and Maui today are overdeveloped and over commercialized, and home to many more people than the islands can accommodate. Such a shame that the people in control see only $$.
I was fortunate enough to have lived on Oahu in 1958. My father was developing a branch of his electrical contracting
business. This video brings back some very sweet memories. However, when I see pictures and videos of Oahu
today I get sick. It looks like New York! The islands' planning commissions have allowed this island to be ruined! Shame on them.
Mahalo for sharing...those were truly the golden years...you're so lucky to have live then and still have your photos to help you relive those memories....
Thank you for sharing your cherished photos with everyone. It was a magical peek into another time, a Hawaii I've only heard about. And your musical accompaniment was sublime. Aahhh....
Mahalo for this recording. I forgot Iz sung this song. It captures my love and homesickness for my birthplace.
Does anyone out there remember eating at the Pearl City Tavern? I recall all the great food. My mom loved that place. The 'Don the Beachcomber' in Waikiki and Trader Vik's.
Sadly all gone. Waikiki has turned into a noisy overrun place with strange street crowd. No more 'easy', lovely old Hawaiian way of living and doing things. I think the Banyan court at the Moana has been taken over by the 20 something crowd.
Beautiful and memorable pictures of a less developed and more beautiful Hawai‘i than today. I wish I could've been alive to see it then. I wish I knew where all the Hawaiians were during that time. (I mean the real Hawaiians not the ones at Waikīkī).
Glorious music
I was born in Honolulu in 1950. Thanks for sharing this. My parents were there in 41. Dad in army, mom had her own taxi in Honolulu. That was another day for sure. This makes me homesick in a big way. We lived in Kailua, Oahu and my parents drove that old Pali road many times! Oh how it's changed. I remember in 61 there were still only two hotels in Waikiki. Mahalo
Nope, there were three hotels in 1953, Moana, Royal Hawaiian and the new Surfrider. When I returned in 1955, there were many high rise hotels in Waikiki.
Those were the days when you can stop long the highway to pick guavas. My mother used to make guava jam from these pickings, but only on one or two times a year.
I was born, Dec 14th, '57 in Hawaii . . . Dad was in the navy . . . My mom has never had a nice thing to say about Hawail . . . I'll have to send this to her and jog her memory.
Mahalo nui loa for this fantastic video of your holiday to Hawaii in 1950. I love watching vintage films of the Territory of Hawaii, especially the 1950s. I especially love watching the clothing/fashion people wore.
Oh so magical. Much Aloha🤙🏽
Aloha I have watched and scene some videos and pictures and have not too long ago return to the islands where I grew up with just a simple song and simple Steel pictures of what it was and what I saw as a child brought tears to my eyes and joy because I did see what it was glad that that is a part of me the people the Aloha the place in space the Ina that I grew up in it's still a part of me and always will be no matter what they do no matter how developed it he comes I will always carry what it was as part of who I am and be grateful and humble to have enjoyed it go fishing embrace your children grow a Garden enjoy what there is left of the Aloha and the INA. That is cherish it nurture it preserve it the best you can be strong be Warriors everything is at steak
That was awesome! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed this. It was my first time to Hawaii and wish it was the same today!!
YES. Thanks that was nice.
Awesome! The good ole days! Before my time but I still cherish what Hawaii looked like before I was born. Thank you, for sharing!
I sure wish I could have seen Hawaii in those days. The first time I went to Hawaii was in 1971. Even then it sure was nicer than it is nowadays. I was there in 2010 and I was shocked at how much it's changed, and not for the better.
Mahalo for sharing this. I lived on Oahu for several years and miss it terribly. I did go back in 2007 and 2011 and so much has changed. Too many people now in Waikiki. We will be moving to the Big Island in a couple of years. We're shooting for 2020. I can't wait. I still love Oahu though. Especially Waianae and the North Shore.
I can't believe you got a photo with THE Duke! Nice!
He was a friend of my Mother, and took care of me during the days, as my parents attended a convention in Honolulu.
Thanks. I'd give anything to have been able to have lived in this world 80 years ago. Before everything became so overdeveloped and polluted.
Dave...it was great catching up with you and the guys. It has been a while!! I truly enjoyed your video with IZ's accompaniment of What A Wonderful World. My family and i might have been on that Lurline trip. We were just returning to Hawaii after my father completed law school and he, my mother, Irmgard Farden Aluli and my brother, sister and I sailed back to Hawaii on the Lurline also in 1950. The 50s and 60s were such a wonderful time in Hawaii. These are still beautiful islands to live in but times they are a changing. Now with the coronavirus it is almost like it was back in the 60s, uncrowded beaches, very little traffic. Unfortunately it also means a struggling economy. We need to have the visitors return to our islands but hopefully in a way that is complimentary and respectful of the precious resources we have here. Take care and MAHALO for the wonderful memories..
I remember seeing your mother (and perhaps you also?) perform at the Willows in Mo'ili'ili while there for lunch with friends from the hula class I took at the UH. Loved the class, loved the music, and loved my time there back in the late 70s and early 80s. I do miss the live music of the many greats of the Hawaiian music renaissance such as your Mom. Much Aloha to you and your family!
If I could only go back in time. I feel like now days things are different, places changed so did people- for the worst.
Beautiful. Aloha no ka oi...
Ah, the Good Old Days!
amazing photos, great video!
If I could time travel I would visit Hawaii in the 40's and 50's. I have been there many times starting in the early 70's but it all changed when the jets started flying.
Yes, I lived on Oahu in the Thirties, Forties up till 1953. It was beautiful. My father used to say that Hawaii was beautiful back in the 1900's. People still living in Hawaii in 2070 will also say Hawaii was beautiful back in 2020, the pandemic year. So it goes.
For those interested in the accompanying music, it is misidentified by UA-cam as *What A Wonderful World (Medley)*. The song is actually *Kaulana Kawaihae*.
I really love seeing videos and slide shows of Hawaii- past. I often try to imagine what it must have been like before I lived there. I lived on O'ahu from 1978 to 2000, so I've seen a lot of changes there for myself. Plus, with the couple of visits I've made since returning to the mainland, I've seen some big and unwelcome changes to O'ahu since I left. In spite of all that, I still desire to return to stay. After all, when people ask me what I miss most about the islands, my answer is always the people and the Hawaiian culture. My heart and my home will always be there.
Even in 1971 the first time I was there, it was much nicer than it is nowadays.
I lived in Honolulu .My Dad was an exchange teacher at Pearl City. We lived on Coyne Street and I was 8 abd 9 years old.I have lots of movies from that time.Hawaii was wonderful then but when my husband and I went there for ten days in 1967 it had changed.I live in South Bend Ibdiana.
kawika-san...
beautiful... you ought to be with the HVB. i first got to the islands in 1965 via the vietnam conflict and was stationed at hickam with the air force. 8 1/2 years later, i had been on every main island except niihau. attended dukes funeral with reverand akaka, was last over for the iniki rebuild on kauai. surfed for 25 years and have some terrific memories. if it was still the way the photos show i would return today with or without cash flow. it was the only place i have ever felt at home.
but have heard some horror stories in recent years and i have no intention of adding to their problems. what a shame that the magnificence of these islands brought so many folks that
Love IZ thank u for sharing ❤
Wow, 9 years before statehood!
Lucky boy. Nice color photographs, thank you for sharing.
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“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” ~ Joni Mitchell 🥲
Does anyone remember the great Farrington High Football team of 1965 that won the ILH Championship? This team had more HEART than any team I have ever seen, even to this day. Great coach - Tom Kiyosaki, Great QB - Stan Cadiente, Great lineman - Ambrose Costa, and many more great guys I'll never forget.
No, I left Hawaii in 1953, but I remember the great Farrington football team of 1944. Wally Yonamine HB, Kaulakukui QB, Carvalho E and Moses Kim G. I am a Farrington '50 grad.
I graduated from Farrington High in 1950, so this was the Honolulu I remember. I left the Islands in 1953 and currently retired in Central Texas.
Farrington brings back great memories. I traveled with the football team in 1965 to Las Vegas where they beat the Nevada state championship team - with nothing but determination and guts!When we returned to Honolulu, I became good friends with Coach Tom Kiyosaki and spent a lot of time with the team. I have never forgotten some of the great player - Stan Cadiente, Tom Gushiken, Walter Rodrigues, John Kameenui, and Ambrose Costa. The team chemistry was fantastic, and l really loved this incredible group of players who believed in each other, which made them Champions!
So sorry, but hope this brought back happy memories!
Slightly before my time, but Farrington HS has produced some very good teams. Usually, Kam & Punahou are more consistent in producing the top contenders for State championship. Thanks for the post. My father was civilian med corp and picked up dead and wounded during the Pearl Harbor attack. My family tree has many relatives who served in US Armed Forces in WWII, Korea and me in Vietnam.
I spent several days learning a better way to swim on the Lurline on the way to Honolulu from Duke Kana Moku I was told this while walking down the gangplank!
I lived near Kaimuki for a number of years when I was elementary school age (Liliuokalani). I returned to Mainland in fall of 1965, imagining I would return to Hawaii as an adult. By the time I would have been able to return, the things others were saying after moving or visiting there caused me shock and dismay. I simply do not understand why anyone would want or need to do illegal drugs in order to have a nice time in Hawaii. I throve on the relaxed and easygoing lifestyle as a child, but this is ridiculous. Nonetheless I enjoyed your beautiful video and pleasant music. Almost as good as a time machine!
Awesome days
sorry I missed most of them
Mahalo nui loa from Hawaii
ptb
>^..^< This was teh Hawaii I was born n raised in summer of 1949 to a career navy man n hiw wife.... Sadl, this Hawaii does not exist any longer. However in 1997 I married a lovely girl from Colombia in the church you see her in this video at 3:42. Vary Sad to need to say in 2o16 this lovely lady died of ovarian cancer and she, just like the Hawaii I was raised in also does not exist any longer either............
this was about the time we were on Hawaii
Dad was stationed at Barber's Point. We arrived in 1949
What was the third hotel, Halekulani? This was when I transferred to a mainland college, in 1953. I returned after I graduated from college and it was wall to wall hotel. I left Hawaii for two years and everything fell apart, when I was gone. I turned around and went to live and work in the then Golden California (LA ). It also fell apart, so I left in 1972.
Gr8 da kine memories from 40s-50s...Kala was minor..but,LIFE WAS SIMPLE N HAPPY...was Monkey boy,climb coconut 🥥 tree for Ono spoon meat ...ALL STAY FINE UNTIL FIFTY..wen HJK came in,stay begin of PAU..No can stop “PROGRESS “🙏☮️🤙🏽
Everyone who enjoyed this can thank Kodak for inventing, selling, and processing Kodachrome 35mm slide film, which will retain its strong colors even after decades, if it's stored well.
cool pic of people pulling in the net at Black Pot Beach in Hanalei Bay Kauai
Was Honolulu in 2017 it sucked it was too crowded and noises. Pearl Harbor was great and the other side of the island was beautiful. It was like going to the beach in New York city.
The description neglects to mention they also visited Kauai in addition to Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii.
They sure did! 😢
Can you tell me the title of this song? Thank you!
Honolulu/Waikiki are now concrete jungles, with high end stores and overpriced everything!
is 3:38 Hahaluu beach?
Nine years after the attack on Pearl harbor and five years after the end of the Pacific war.
You are right! It was the inaugural flight!
And yes, Kodachrome slides!
what is the title of the song?
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Kaulana Kawaihae by IZ
Kaulana Kawaihae
Were these Kodachrome slides? Also, seems like the family sailed over on a Matson liner, but flew back on a United Boeing Stratocruiser..
I am born .....4.7.1949 🌺🌺
manoa look good.
1:05 is that tantalus .......that’s a million dollar shot
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David, would you be willing to let ʻAiea Community Association publish your photo of Pearl Harbor from ʻAiea Heights? Weʻre seeking a photo of the ʻ50s to accompany an interview of a C&H executive describing refinery operations at the "sugar mill" in the photograph.
Arlene , how are you this is walter- I was gonna ask him the same thing.Did you get a reply from him.I would like a copy for my personal memoirs.
David- I am also spiritually attached to the leeward side and the Aiea sugar mill is it possible to get a clear copy from you?