Post #147906 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Mar 19, 2005 1:05 PM

That label actually went through three stages:
The earliest (40s) featured the nude girl and the suggestive Pomegranate, but in the background there was a native palmhut whose roof, though pitched, was straight, looking more like the original Trader Vic's structure in Oakland.
When T.V.'s started to be build with A-frame roofs like in Scottsdale and Vancouver in the 60s, the hut was turned into a peaked A-frame Palau style meeting house.
And on all the other ingredient bottles (Rock Candy, Orgeat syrups), the babe's dress moved up to cover her breasts,and the Pomegranate was replaced by foliage (or barrels).

That is the design they have on their anniversary Mai Tai mixes now.

Don't forget, in the 80s, they even covered the Wahine's breasts on the classic T.V. menu cover for a while!

PS: The early "flat hut" label can be glimpsed in the 2nd J-peg in my post about the New Orleans cocktail exhibit, and yes, of course, the Nude/Pompussy/A-frame label is on page 92 of the BOT

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2005-03-19 13:31 ]