Post #56193 by Kono on Tue, Oct 21, 2003 7:04 PM

Thought somebody might like to see this...

A while back I got that 112 Years of National Geographic 32 CD-ROM set. I was just looking through it reading some of the articles on the South Pacific. In "The Two Samoas" from the October 1985 issue I see this pic. Are those tiki mugs I see up top there?? Sure looks like it. Someone's starting a nice collection in American Samoa about 20 years ago?

A couple of close ups. The one on the left looks like maybe it's got a hula girl on it. Maybe...

Dunno, maybe I'm just seeing things.

Here's the caption:
"TV, beer and a VCR are taken for granted by a family in Faga'alu. Nearly half the American Samoan work force is employed by the local government. The U.S. pumps millions into the economy."

So I start wondering how many other tiki items I can find in these old NG articles. I only looked for a couple of hours and found quite a few, the best of which I'll post below.