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To: Political Junkie Too
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.

2,504 posted on 07/08/2008 6:03:09 PM PDT by David (...)
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To: David; Political Junkie Too; BIGLOOK; bvw
"The boy in the picture can't be Barack. He wasn't that old before they rebuilt the airport."

Several people kept saying it was Malik, but I don't find any sons named Malik.

With his first wife Kezia, he had Roy (now known as "Abongo",Bernard, Abo, and a daughter Auma.

With his third "white" wife Ruth he had David and Mark.

So can someone tell me where "Malik" fits in?

2,512 posted on 07/08/2008 6:35:22 PM PDT by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: David
According to this site the construction of the Terminals continued into the 70's so it wouldn't have been completed before Barack was 10.

CONSTRUCTION

2,518 posted on 07/08/2008 6:48:14 PM PDT by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: David; bvw
That seems to mean the photos ARE from 1961, not the early seventies.

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

I guess the question is did they build a new terminal and keep the old terminal active as well? Could Pan Am have moved to the new terminal, and other airlines (Philippines?) have moved in to the "old" terminal? Or did they tear it down?

I guess I'm asking if it's jumping to conclusions to assume that the old terminal wasn't still in use after the new one was dedicated in 1962?

-PJ

2,519 posted on 07/08/2008 6:51:18 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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