[Political Junkie Too]

FYI a little late, but if anyone's still interested...

I found this archive picture of the Pan Am ticket lobby at the Honolulu airport from 1961 (at this link of Hawaiian aviation historical photos). Note that the San Francisco banner is actually a counter sign hanging from the pole seen on the left. If you click on the preview picture at the site, you can see a full-screen version of the picture.

This may be a different part of the terminal, but it sure looks to me like it's absolutely the Honolulu Airport in the 1960's.

On another note, regarding the 1964 divorce reference to a marriage on Maui in Feb 1961, if you click around on the site linked above, it looks like air travel to Maui was pretty primitive in those days. What did it cost to fly to Maui in 1961, and where would one go near the few airports that were there? I'm assuming the husband had the resources for the trip, since I'm not sure that a 18-year-old would.

-PJ

[bvw]

Wow. Great job.

According to http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/publications/hnl-gateway-brochure/AirportBro-web-part2.pdf

Overseas and International Terminals
(John Rodgers Terminal)
The John Rodgers Terminal was dedicated on August 22, 1962. The Diamond Head Gull Wing was added in 1970 to handle B747 aircraft. The airport’s three-level International Arrivals Terminal was completed in 1973.

That seems to mean the photos ARE from 1961, not the early seventies. And I guess David is right about the boy being the older brother, or Calpernia is right that the photo is a photoshop. Geesh.

[David]

I found this archive picture of the Pan Am ticket lobby at the Honolulu airport from 1961 (at this link of Hawaiian aviation historical photos). Note that the San Francisco banner is actually a counter sign hanging from the pole seen on the left. If you click on the preview picture at the site, you can see a full-screen version of the picture.

This may be a different part of the terminal, but it sure looks to me like it's absolutely the Honolulu Airport in the 1960's.

On another note, regarding the 1964 divorce reference to a marriage on Maui in Feb 1961, if you click around on the site linked above, it looks like air travel to Maui was pretty primitive in those days. What did it cost to fly to Maui in 1961, and where would one go near the few airports that were there? I'm assuming the husband had the resources for the trip, since I'm not sure that a 18-year-old would.

Nice work. The boy in the picture can't be Barack. He wasn't that old before they rebuilt the airport.

[Spunky]

Thanks! That should clear it up as to which airport it was.

[Spunky]

And for those who thought it said “Phillipines” it says “Pan American”.

[BIGLOOK]

This may be a different part of the terminal, but it sure looks to me like it's absolutely the Honolulu Airport in the 1960's.

Ahhh......No. That isn't John Rodgers Airport of the '60s. (The second picture is but not the first.)

In 1961, Pan Am and TWA were flying Super Constellations and Boeing 707s for long distance overseas flights. It's doubtful that Philippine Airlines or JAL had routes to HNL then.