1950 Trader Vic's article - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 5:10 PM If you look at the rendering of Hinky Dinks and Trader Vic's next to it on BOT page 82 you can see they are the same structure. As often in midcentury architectural renderings, the people are shown smaller than they really would look, to make the building more impressive. And in 1950 there was only one other Trader Vic's, the Seattle Outrigger. And yes, 1950 is technically still Pre-Tiki, and even though there were a few Tikis around (see B&W photo at bottom of page 82), they did not dominate. This is probably what the writer refers to as "Alaskan totem poles", showing again that "Tiki" had not become a commonly used term by then. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-04-20 17:13 ]

If you look at the rendering of Hinky Dinks and Trader Vic's next to it on BOT page 82 you can see they are the same structure. As often in midcentury architectural renderings, the people are shown smaller than they really would look, to make the building more impressive.

And in 1950 there was only one other Trader Vic's, the Seattle Outrigger.

And yes, 1950 is technically still Pre-Tiki, and even though there were a few Tikis around (see B&W photo at bottom of page 82), they did not dominate. This is probably what the writer refers to as "Alaskan totem poles", showing again that "Tiki" had not become a commonly used term by then.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-04-20 17:13 ]

Post #227747 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 5:10 PM