From the Archives: Then and Now 2025

Academy Campus News

·September 30, 2025·3 min read

October is National Archives Month, and we’re celebrating Punahou School’s very own Archives. To honor the occasion, students from the Key Club, Archivist Kylee Mar and Assistant Archivist Kate Marsi recreated vintage photos, highlighting what has changed – and what has stayed the same – over the years. Drag the slider in the photos to take a look at how history and the present come together.

This year’s images highlight Vladimir Ossipoff, one of many architects featured in the latest Punahou Bulletin and our current topic for our Archives Punahou Historical Campus Tours.

Barwick Playground and Tree

Then: Barwick Playground and Tree 1974 with students Shawn Moynahan, Mary Colleen Kelley, Ingrid Cherry, Nancy Ornellas, Evanita Sumner, Nancy Campbell

Now: Barwick Playground and Tree 2025 with students Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Robert Tamura ’28, Maile Yee ’27, Juliana Kaniho ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, and Kaoo Jarrett ’28

Then: Barwick Playground and Tree 1974 with students Shawn Moynahan, Mary Colleen Kelley, Ingrid Cherry, Nancy Ornellas, Evanita Sumner, Nancy Campbell

Now: Barwick Playground and Tree 2025 with students Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Robert Tamura ’28, Maile Yee ’27, Juliana Kaniho ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, and Kaoo Jarrett ’28

Winne Units Damon Library

Then: Class of 1964 3rd grade reading hour at Winne Units Damon Library in 1955

Now: Students Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, reading in Kosasa Library

Then: Class of 1964 3rd grade reading hour at Winne Units Damon Library in 1955

Now: Students Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, reading in Kosasa Library

Thurston Memorial Chapel Balcony

Then: Thurston Memorial Chapel balcony, undated, used as the Punahou Bulletin cover for December 1966

Now: Thurston Memorial Chapel balcony with students Isabella Guerrero ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28

Then: Thurston Memorial Chapel balcony, undated, used as the Punahou Bulletin cover for December 1966

Now: Thurston Memorial Chapel balcony with students Isabella Guerrero ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28

Winne Units Exterior

Then: Winne Units oculus circa 1950s with students Roonie Yee, Larry Freeman, Mickey Hara, and Chris York, all class of 1964

Now: Kosasa Community oculus with students standing Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26 and seated Juliana Kaniho ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Maile Yee ’27

Then: Winne Units oculus circa 1950s with students Roonie Yee, Larry Freeman, Mickey Hara, and Chris York, all class of 1964

Now: Kosasa Community oculus with students standing Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26 and seated Juliana Kaniho ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Maile Yee ’27

Winne Units Bell

Then: Winne Units Bell 1981, this bell was sourced from Mexico by former Punahou President Dr. John Fox, was prominently displayed at the front of the building complex and rung daily

Now: Students at the current location of the Winne Bell at the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community
for Grades 2 – 5 Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26, Juliana Kaniho ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28

Then: Winne Units Bell 1981, this bell was sourced from Mexico by former Punahou President Dr. John Fox, was prominently displayed at the front of the building complex and rung daily

Now: Students at the current location of the Winne Bell at the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community
for Grades 2 – 5 Robert Tamura ’28, Ka’ula Hashimoto ’28, Christian Haraguchi ’26, Juliana Kaniho ’28, Isabella Guerrero ’28, Kaoo Jarrett ’28