[El Gato]

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?

No it's not, the same site, different page, says:

The old Honolulu International Airport on the South Ramp was bulging at the seams in the 1960s, and construction of new Overseas and Interisland Terminals on the North Ramp was well underway. A dedication ceremony for the new facility was held on August 23, 1962 and all operations switched to the new terminal on October 14, 1962. The new Interisland Terminal was dedicated in April 1964.

[Political Junkie Too]

Thanks. As you can see from the dialog that followed, the question was:

1. Is that Obama in the 1970's or 1960's, based on the location of the photo?

3. If the photo was taken in the 1970's, then why does the ticket lobby look a lot like the old terminal photo? Was that photo mis-dated?

4. Did they build the new ticket lobby using the same counter styles as the old terminal? I've seen some photos of the 1970's ticket lobby that moved away from the central cluster of counters to the perimeter row of counters.

We're trying to rule in or out whether that photo was taken in a ticket lobby that was demolished in 1965, or somewhere else that looks just like it.

-PJ

[aruanan]

The old Honolulu International Airport on the South Ramp was bulging at the seams in the 1960s, and construction of new Overseas and Interisland Terminals on the North Ramp was well underway. A dedication ceremony for the new facility was held on August 23, 1962 and all operations switched to the new terminal on October 14, 1962.

Well, this picture of the Pan American location is pretty clearly the same terminal as seen with the kid and the guy purported to be Barack Obama, Sr.. Look at the sign poles and brackets and shapes of the desk and counter. If so, then the kid couldn't be Barry if he was born in 1961 or his mother was actually 10 years older than claimed and he was born in 1951 or she was 8 when she gave birth to him for him to be old enough to appear in a terminal that switched all operations to the new terminal in 1962.