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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 5:45 PM Nice one! A tradition perpetuated! I got Danny Gallardo the job of carving two likenesses of that Tiki for the entrance of the new Trader Vic's in downtown L.A. Here is a thread that discusses where the original carving can bee seen today: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=24081&forum=1&start=0 What still remains a mystery in what mid-century publication (magazine or art book), the Trader Vic and Kona Kai menu designers found a photo of this guy. I don't think that the Armet & Davis designer Irving Weisenberg necessarily ripped off the Trader Vic logo. Even though that came first, which makes sense, because the original was always in San Francisco.

Nice one! A tradition perpetuated! I got Danny Gallardo the job of carving two likenesses of that Tiki for the entrance of the new Trader Vic's in downtown L.A.

Here is a thread that discusses where the original carving can bee seen today:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=24081&forum=1&start=0

What still remains a mystery in what mid-century publication (magazine or art book), the Trader Vic and Kona Kai menu designers found a photo of this guy. I don't think that the Armet & Davis designer Irving Weisenberg necessarily ripped off the Trader Vic logo. Even though that came first, which makes sense, because the original was always in San Francisco.

Post #603465 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 5:45 PM