Tropics Lounge, Wichita, KS (bar) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Nov 16, 2004 5:41 AM Cooo-elle! That pic proves it, these are the same masks and shields (less compressed than in the later paint job) that were used on the Kon Tiki Hotel Phoenix and in the Jerry Lewis movie! Unfortunately I did not have enough room in the BOT to show all the Kon Tiki Phoenix stuff I have. Maybe others could post pics of any matchbooks, ash trays or photos of the great sign inspired by those masks. It makes sense that these were out of plywood, maybe they were massproduced and offered by a restaurant supplier... I have to talk to O.A. again, maybe they ring a bell now. Would love to know whose design that was. I have no idea who made the styrofoam Tikis, but I recall seeing the boobed one in a Johnson Products Chicago catalog. Maybe they offered those masks and shields too, at some point... Oh, and that pic of the Tiki and the train outside is great, it reminds me of my favourite B&W photo book, "Steam, Steel & Stars" where this guy O. Winston Link photographed the last steam trains going by towns, with huge flashlight set ups. There are pics of a train going by a swimming pool with 50s bathing beauties, a drive in, and from inside a living room. Very surreal, David Lynch style. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2004-11-16 05:47 ]

Cooo-elle! That pic proves it, these are the same masks and shields (less compressed than in the later paint job) that were used on the Kon Tiki Hotel Phoenix and in the Jerry Lewis movie! Unfortunately I did not have enough room in the BOT to show all the Kon Tiki Phoenix stuff I have. Maybe others could post pics of any matchbooks, ash trays or photos of the great sign inspired by those masks.

It makes sense that these were out of plywood, maybe they were massproduced and offered by a restaurant supplier...
I have to talk to O.A. again, maybe they ring a bell now. Would love to know whose design that was.

I have no idea who made the styrofoam Tikis, but I recall seeing the boobed one in a Johnson Products Chicago catalog. Maybe they offered those masks and shields too, at some point...

Oh, and that pic of the Tiki and the train outside is great, it reminds me of my favourite B&W photo book, "Steam, Steel & Stars" where this guy O. Winston Link photographed the last steam trains going by towns, with huge flashlight set ups. There are pics of a train going by a swimming pool with 50s bathing beauties, a drive in, and from inside a living room. Very surreal, David Lynch style.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2004-11-16 05:47 ]

Post #125781 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 16, 2004 5:41 AM