Puna 1961

[Peter Epperson]

Was going through some old family photos and came across these of my first visit to Puna.
http://imgur.com/a/5dvLl?gallery
The first photo is of Hawaiian Acres when it was new. The view is looking towards what is now HPP. Nice ocean views, The roads even looked better than they do now! The man standing there is Walter Suen, one of the early Honolulu realtors that did very well in HA.
The next shot is of me and my mom collecting black sand at Kalapana which was pretty much standard tourist policy back then.

[Justin]

Wow, very cool. I really wish I could have seen the black sand beach in Kalapana...

[bluesboy]

wow, i wonder what road that is in Hawaiian Acres? where are all the trees?

[lavalava]

Wow Peter - what treasures! Mahalo for sharing ;-)

[Hawnjigs]

Great pics! That looks like a Studebaker Lark.

My guess would be Road C.

Aloha aina, aloha kai

[bananahead]

very cool, thanks

my guess is road 'C' as well, before all the invasives took over


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[Delta9r]

Awesome!
Thanks for sharing.

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