Our Story · Punaluu

Punaluu’s story is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Punaluu. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old images & papers
2need a date
From Punaluu’s archive · credits on each photo
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Punaluu’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBeach house, palm trees, the Paci…, 1996: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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Punaluu, decade by decade

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hawaiian marsh and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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