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1979 Mai-Kai Calendar

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1962 Bunny Yeager Nude Photos of Chris Darling
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1962 Bunny Yeager Nude Photos of Chris Darling

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Leonce Picot 1932-2018

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Remembering the Surfboard Bar

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Happy Talk Winter 1967
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Happy Talk Winter 1967

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Donna – Happy Talk January 1963

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Exciting Don the Beachcomber Announcements

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 swanky 0 Comments

Searching For Don the Beachcomber On the 114th anniversary of Donn’s birth, I wanted to share some exciting news with

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Traveling Lightbox to Shoot Ephemera and Digitize Documents Everywhere

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 swanky 0 Comments digitizing large documents, lightbox, photographing menus, photography lightbox, traveling lightbox

I spent a great many hours creating and testing a technique I use to photograph items and digitize archives around

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Mourning Andree Doucet

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Andree Doucet was a founding member of the Mai-Kai show. She had started in the United States ae the Hilton

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South Pacific – Hollandale FL

February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 swanky 3 Comments florida, florida tiki, hollandale fl, lewis vandercar, postcard, tiki, vintage postcard

This is what excites me: a long postcard of a Florida Tiki place that I had not seen before. The

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1950s United Airlines Hawaii Video

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 swanky 0 Comments

This is the greatest bit of vintage aloha I have ever seen. Even Donn Beach himself makes an appearance about

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Susan September 1979
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1979 Mai-Kai Calendar

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1962 Bunny Yeager Nude Photos of Chris Darling

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Bunny Yeager was an asset to the Mai-Kai. Many of the girls who worked in the Molokai Bar were also

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Another Mai Kai

August 9, 2019January 6, 2020 swanky 1 Comment

No, this post is not about the Mai-Kai’s plans to open new restaurants in New York City or San Diego,

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Mai-Kai Slide June 1966

August 7, 2019January 6, 2020 swanky 1 Comment

Recently added to the Mai-Kai archive, an image from someone traveling through Fort Lauderdale in 1966. You can see their

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Cultural Appropriation And Tiki

June 11, 2019December 31, 2020 swanky 2 Comments

I first became interested in Polynesia via Trader Vic’s in Atlanta and vintage records by Alfred Apaka and Ray Kinney.

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