Kona Kai, Philadelphia, PA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 9:00 AM On 2009-11-15 15:27, bigbrotiki wrote: And then there is ONE photo of which I am dying to find a good quality print of. It is the Kona Kai entrance lobby, and I only ever saw it as part of a collage in the Armet & Davis offices: I zoomed into the collage and brought up the exposure, so we can appreciate what a glamorous Tiki Temple this must have been: What I would give for that photo! Tiki at the peak of the style! Part of the proscenium made it back to LA, but the two Tikis? The one on the right clearly is the one in blueprint Nr. 2 on top of this post. Birgro, Found that photo on-line, it's a beauty. Definitely from the blueprint. It is part of the Jacob Stelman Architectural Photography collection See Here. DC

On 2009-11-15 15:27, bigbrotiki wrote:
And then there is ONE photo of which I am dying to find a good quality print of. It is the Kona Kai entrance lobby, and I only ever saw it as part of a collage in the Armet & Davis offices:

I zoomed into the collage and brought up the exposure, so we can appreciate what a glamorous Tiki Temple this must have been:

What I would give for that photo! Tiki at the peak of the style! Part of the proscenium made it back to LA, but the two Tikis? The one on the right clearly is the one in blueprint Nr. 2 on top of this post.

Birgro,

Found that photo on-line, it's a beauty.

Definitely from the blueprint.

It is part of the Jacob Stelman Architectural Photography collection See Here.

Post #683294 by Dustycajun on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 9:00 AM