The Tropics, Beverly Hills, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T TikiSOX Tiki Centralite Joined: Apr 09, 2006 Posts: 57	T TikiSOX Posted posted on Sat, Feb 4, 2023 12:50 PM Ok, so I'm about a decade late to the party here. Doing a ton of research on this place and its lineage. Found a ton on Newspapers.com and have posted a lot on various Facebook pages. From my personal collection is this Souvenir photo folder for Billingsley's Cafe Tropics c. 1945. There's also this cartoon that was offered for sale at Heritage Auctions. The folder is almost identical to the one for Tom Breneman's that was previously posted. My "guess" is Billingsley had it for a short time before being bought out by Breneman? Cartoon is from 1944, photo circa 1945, same date as Breneman... [ Edited by TikiSOX on 2023-02-04 12:53:24 ] [ Edited by TikiSOX on 2023-02-04 12:53:45 ] [ Edited by TikiSOX on 2023-02-04 12:54:24 ]

Ok, so I'm about a decade late to the party here. Doing a ton of research on this place and its lineage. Found a ton on Newspapers.com and have posted a lot on various Facebook pages. From my personal collection is this Souvenir photo folder for Billingsley's Cafe Tropics c. 1945. There's also this cartoon that was offered for sale at Heritage Auctions. The folder is almost identical to the one for Tom Breneman's that was previously posted. My "guess" is Billingsley had it for a short time before being bought out by Breneman? Cartoon is from 1944, photo circa 1945, same date as Breneman... Screen Shot 2023-02-04 at 3.49.36 PM Screen Shot 2023-02-04 at 3.45.19 PM

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