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dogbytes
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03/06/2009
Name:The Tropics at The Hotel Wolverine Description: |
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dogbytes
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03/06/2009
i have a cocktail napkin. there is a reference to The Tropics on Critiki, and a few postcards on ebay. but thats all i know! |
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Dustycajun
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03/12/2009
Dogbytes, That is quite a score of napkins you made at the estate sale. Thanks for taking the time to post them all. Here is a postcard from the Tropics showing the south seas interior. I think this one was in the Book of Tiki too. Here is the description from the back of the card. Another establishment with the old rain on the roof trick. Here is a postcard showing the Hotel Wolverine with the Tropics building next door. And finally, in fine Detroit style (a-la Chin Tiki) the demolition of the hotel and Tropics buildings. It is now a parking lot for the new baseball park. DC |
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mudbone
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03/14/2009
Thank you guys for posting pictures,never seen anything on the Tropic's before. |
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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11/06/2009
Since we seem to be on a "Tropics" posting theme today, I'll add this postcard from the Detroit location: |
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Dustycajun
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11/06/2009
Sabu, I just got that postcard in the mail yesterday and was going to post it tonight. That view is from the Tropics Native Village which was connected to the Tropics Cocktail Lounge next door which is shown in the previous postcard. Here is the write up from the back of the card. Sounds like the bandstand moved around some how. DC |
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Dustycajun
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11/27/2009
Nice old matchbook from the Tropics on ebay. DC |
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bigbrotiki
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11/28/2009
Nice embossing job. That must have been the predecessor to the boob embossing custom.
I always thought the bandstand above the bar at Clifton's Pacific Seas was impressive: And the floating Tonga Room one of course. But how did this one work? They plowed thru the tables and huts? :) |
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Dustycajun
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03/07/2010
Saw this cool menu from the Detroit Tropics on Mimi's website. Funny it doesn't advertise the Hotel Wolverine on it. DC |
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Dustycajun
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04/25/2012
Spotted this image of the Tropics. Gives you a good perspective on the upstairs/downstairs layout of the place. DC |
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