Mystery Photo 1959 Tiki Bar - General Tiki

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:39 PM On 2008-08-15 18:01, Paipo wrote: The mural is in the style of Eugene Savage - his stuff was pretty widely copied back then. If it's a Hawaiian themed jewelry store, I'm guessing it's a Ming's... "At one time, Ming's had shops in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Ft. Lauderdale, New York and Miami, and two in Atlanta. There also were four in Waikiki, and shops at Ala Moana Center, downtown and in Hilo. But Ming's began closing the mainland shops in the 1960s through the 1980s." My comment probably got lost in the flurry of replies, but the mural is obviously based on the Matson line menu covers. I actually thought someone else would've noticed it much sooner, but it was never mentioned. Here's the girl behind our protagonist (except she's by Frank Macintosh, another of the Matson menu cover artists, not Eugene Savage): some of Eugene Savage's Hawaiian feast scenes:

On 2008-08-15 18:01, Paipo wrote:
The mural is in the style of Eugene Savage - his stuff was pretty widely copied back then. If it's a Hawaiian themed jewelry store, I'm guessing it's a Ming's...

*"At one time, Ming's had shops in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Ft. Lauderdale, New York and Miami, and two in Atlanta. There also were four in Waikiki, and shops at Ala Moana Center, downtown and in Hilo.

But Ming's began closing the mainland shops in the 1960s through the 1980s."*

My comment probably got lost in the flurry of replies, but the mural is obviously based on the Matson line menu covers. I actually thought someone else would've noticed it much sooner, but it was never mentioned.
Here's the girl behind our protagonist (except she's by Frank Macintosh, another of the Matson menu cover artists, not Eugene Savage):

some of Eugene Savage's Hawaiian feast scenes:

Post #403734 by Paipo on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:39 PM