In mid-October 1964, my mother, Helen Lind, flew to Lanai with retired UH Professor Carey D. Miller, and an old friend of Miller’s visiting from New Zealand, Eileen Fairbairn.
The three borrowed a jeep from old Edean and Swede Desha, old friends of my mom’s, and made their way around the island, through the red dirt pineapple fields, to the deserted beach at Manele (now site of the Four Seasons Resort), and on to the island’s 3,370 foot summit.
It’s been decades since I’ve been on Lanai, but I’m sure the island has changed a lot in the years since these photos were taken.
Just click below to see my mom’s photos from the trip.
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Ian thanks for the pictures of Lanai in the 60’s. I got to go there twice in the 80’s (pre Four Seasons). We camped out on the beach 1 time and another time stayed the weekend at the pineapple workers dorm. Your mom’s pictures looked pretty much the same as mine! It was wonderful to see old Hawaii and it’s quiet times. The older I get everything gets more slick and shiny but seems to lose the the heart of Hawaii, I really miss that. Thanks again
The pictures are great, even the Color is super. I met the Desha’s on a trip over to L?na?i in the early 80s when we stayed at the old Plantation Manager?s home. They were old friends of Macedes Boyd Cosgrove who organized the trip. Delightful couple. Remember golfing with him at the old 3 par.
Thanks for posting these photos, Ian. Lanai looked exactly the same when I arrived as a Junior at Lanai High 5 years later in September 1969. The only difference was Hawaiian Air was flying 727 jets by 1969, which was a bit hairy when landing on Lanai due to the short length of the runway and the hump in the middle of the runway–it wasn’t flat, not by a long shot.