Post #27069 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 17, 2003 10:14 PM

Ayayay, this is driving me nuts...when was this pic taken? Early 40s?
Definitely NOT Don The Beachcombers, his table lamps looked different in the 40s. And he was never copied in LA, but everywhere else, so what does it say on the lamp?

And WHAT the hell is the writing on the wall? And those weird round things hanging in that dark corner? The cocktail card on the table could have a Tiki on it, but it's not one I recognize. Also, this place was Pre-Tiki, so it's unlikely...

There were quite a few Polynesian clubs in L.A. in the 30s and 40s:

Bob Brooks' The Seven Seas
Harry Sugarman's The Tropics
Joe Chastek's Zamboanga
King's Tropical Inn
Ken's Hula Hut
Marti's Club Hawaii
Rena Borzage's Hawaiian Paradise
...there was this service men bar, the Tahiti, in Culver City (BoT page 125)
..and more.

Damn, this irks me