Post #609567 by tigertail777 on Sun, Oct 9, 2011 4:48 PM

WOW! Thanks for all the wonderful info and pics, Dustycajun and Phillip Roberts (and Phenix for pointing out the broken link originally).

Now I am all confused and wondering how many times in it's lifetime this sign was changed. If you look at the black and white photo I posted originally off ebay, the airplane is on the left, the ship on the right and they are pretty small.
In the color photos the ship is on the left, with the airplane on the right and they are much bigger.
The wonderful placemat art seems to echo this second design (what year was this made?)
In the second re-creation at Aloha Tower not only is the color scheme completely different, but there is a sailboat and an outrigger added.

I am really wondering what the original design was now. The larger ship and airplane are more iconic and have a more art deco feel to them to me, but the first photo is obviously also quite old and possibly the first version. :-? Logically I think it must be, because it doesn't have the additional "Kau Kau Korner" neon topper. So probably when they added the topper they changed the design scheme.

[ Edited by: tigertail777 2011-10-09 16:53 ]