Royal Hawaiian Hotel

The Royal Hawaiian has drawn many celebrities through its doors over the decade. Here, actress Barbara Rush, second from left, and her family pose on the stairs leading from The Royal Hawaiian to the beach during their family vacation in the summer of 1964. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

These two Royal Hawaiian guests show off the bathing suit fashions of the day in this photo taken outside the hotel in 1929. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

Hotel guests Mrs. Spreckles and daughter Dorothy are bedecked with a Hawaiian floral lei as they leave The Royal Hawaiian on their way home after a happy holiday in September 1928. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

Hotel guests Mrs. Newcomer and her daughter Elizabeth arrive at the Royal Hawaiian on June 1, 1928. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

When it opened, the Royal Hawaiian was the epitome of the luxury hotel, as reflected by these sophisticated doormen in 1927. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

This 1927 postcard of the Royal Hawaiian, which commanded the southern Oahu coastline, shows a very different Waikiki than today's tourist mecca, where hotels of all sizes line the shore. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian

The Royal Hawaiian, which opened in Waikiki on Feb. 1, 1927, is located on the legendary site of Helumoa, cherished by Native Hawaiian royalty and once home to hundreds of coconut trees. This photo shows the hotel’s Coconut Grove garden and running fountain in May 1927. Today, the Coconut Grove is still an oasis of coconut, banyan and monkeypod trees — a respite from the hustle and bustle of modern Waikiki. // (c) The Royal Hawaiian