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A couple years back, a couple friends and I set up at Indian Rocks during one of the hurricane swells. We dubbed it the Tiki Gardens Longboard Classic, and surfed some very nice waves. It was all done in the spirt of the old Tiki Gardens. The sun was shining, and the waves were 4-5ft and steady. Pretty big by Gulfcoast standards. We had a blast, the only downside was we couldn't get our trophies or eat at Trader Franks. |
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06/02/2009
Well I was digging through my files from the Tiki Gardens Memorial from before the earthlink travesty, and figured I would upload a few Items from them. Here are some shots of items that were for sale at the shops of Tiki Gardens. Some are ebay captures, some are from people who sent the images to me, and some are from my collection.... So we start the tour ...
The Oriental Shop
Tiki Gardens bike license plate, and a scan of the Tiki Gardens Poster.
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06/03/2009
Thank You Tiki Gardener! I'm enjoying your post a lot. |
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07/12/2009
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10/10/2009
Another interior shot of Trader Frank's Restaurant that i picked up today. |
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Dustycajun
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10/11/2009
This is a pretty rare postcard with a nice night shot of Tiki Gardens. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/49c678b4.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a2706b009da846a011bcfcd2eef21073 DC |
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01/24/2010
Here is another postcard from my collection with a night view of the exterior. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4b5c76de.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=07042fa6efcece1dd2e2165ac88ac471 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4b5c788f.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3dc52dea30dc7e4512e4f3917f384540 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4b5c7889.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=44e6aff1d6933f7b4a53ad905e45663e Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4b5c779b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=faee42fe973803a5b6c3cd08d046a35d (extra for sale on ebay) [ Edited by: Dustycajun 2010-01-24 09:56 ] |
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04/24/2010
Great thread and what a fantastic place this must have been. Here is an add for Trader Franks and a little write up on the same day. It's from the St.Petersburg Times April 9th 1973. Both the add and the write up mentions the Wiki Wiki Lounge. I have not seen this lounge mentioned before, maybe I missed it. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/11209/4bd31f4f.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=46a797d2e8804bee164e17a75ba9fd5c Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/11209/4bd31f29.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d02040e927d8efc2e911a7b62aee571e |
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04/26/2010
A few months back I was lucky and snagged a four-face bowl that was sold at Tiki Gardens. It was in a box of other cups and mugs at a garage sale. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/11452/4bd5e5e3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7ae80f924aa22105bc42bc527dfd4116 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/11452/4bd5e5f9.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a312ae1b28924c001bd2501ae63fda26 |
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07/07/2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLJeD5BdH4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ7chrlcXMo Two quick video/slideshows I put together. A third one posted soon. |
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07/07/2010
Classic! What a place.... What's up with - in that first photo in the first slideshow- those Bikini babes sticking that Yamaha up the Tiki's nose !?? |
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07/08/2010
By the way: WHO here is the a proud owner of the famously rare Tiki Gardens LP and can loan it to me? Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4c363f78.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=abeba7c49005d8dbbe78b30bdfdb4da7 I would like to use some part of it for my next CD of Tiki...I have a CD copy of the platter, but I need a studio quality-dub, which I can have done by my label. Free CD and credit as a thank you! |
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Dustycajun
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07/15/2010
I was going through my postcards from Tiki Gardens and thought it would be fun to post all of the different Tikis along with the names that Tiki Gardens used. The first and most prominent Tiki was the large Kahona, the Water God, located near the entrance. There are many different postcards featuring Kahona, here are a few of my favorites. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e501a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7eea80b3c430eff0c93cf4e4bd6a87c1 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e5008.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e966b7cdf5269f0c218593ee0d4a448e Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e4ff8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3837b1f7279aea261bec98e20dd5c598 Up next is Little Kahona, God of the Birds. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e5090.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4d9394c960de9d9b59e170b232a600e9 Here is Oro, the two faced Wind God Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e653e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=575cb76d4b41d7e7f0f0aea301d80e76 Lono, Polynesian or Supreme God Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e6602.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f0993a9c06817d8a506f826578a5e605 Ku, the Hawaiian War God. This one was called Aku Aku. Long Ears, an Easter Island God. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e66b8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=12c20c9ee463eb92581e7f0dd8ef4f78 A fernwood Tiki. A Tiki for Pacco the Red Macaw A funky Monkey God Tiki Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e67bb.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3ea4db83972f220541c686d21c2f70e8 And, the impressive Kahiki-like-Tiki located at the entrance to Trader Franks. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4c3e6796.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0c2d29b2e127e8d29f4a8d8bf6577c03 That's alot of Tikis, what a great place! DC |
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07/15/2010
X-elle-lent post, DC. What a cavalcade of concrete characters! Lining up the usual suspects, and then some! |
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1961surf
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07/15/2010
What happened to all these cool tikis...possibly all demolished when the place closed . |
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JonPez
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04/01/2011
Going through some old boxes from my childhood and came across a souvenir bag from Tiki Gardens. Not the best condition, but.... Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/1130/4d960a49.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=998ac8205f52731034c42e1a02f23c0b Good ol' Kahona... JonPez [ Edited by: JonPez 2011-04-01 10:25 ] |
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bigbrotiki
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04/01/2011
Indubitably an ancient parchment found in an ancestral cave on EASTER ISLAND! Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4d960c76.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3b9c37e272dac13ef6681acd6f1114eb |
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JonPez
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04/04/2011
Sometimes it feels like archeology when I am excavating boxes at my parent's house... |
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JonPez
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04/04/2011
Found a tourist slide taken at Tiki Gardens in December 1983 a while back and now that I have the slide scanner up and running, here goes! Enjoy! Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/1130/4d9a2197.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4bb3577f1a4ce715c7249424c88c96ad |
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Dustycajun
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07/24/2011
Here are some nice wire photos that went for some Big $ on ebay a while back. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cae9c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c1817bfaf76fbdbff23c2b8f53f0d138 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cad0b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=36d8facc3917e191761473c1e97d7cfa Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cacfd.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e13bdb4f773aafb59be1ad351710a5ae Also dug up a few more photos and stories from a historical book on Indian Rocks Beach. Frank and Jo Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cad71.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=42bae9eb6d1d5d561bc4ce499549bbab I never realized how big the Ku was. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cad7a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=61edf7db0887185fe0adc519e2c584a0 A sticker. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cadba.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b96163cefb502a170760d7b02773430c A thimble Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cb02d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ab326a758df23c3e3a8400179eece7ba The record Bigbro was looking for. Has anybody heard this? Narration by Frank Bowers. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cafa9.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2f2e51eb1d7acf601b0f9f7324d363da And a Really BIG matchbook. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cae24.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d94ac3559811892d405f158aae096e7a Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e2cae1b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cf539f1ceac89938bcaff7a1f9e7a440 DC |
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Swanky
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07/25/2011
I have a recording of the record. It is ... interesting. |
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JonPez
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07/26/2011
I have a copy of that album... I agree with Swanky. As for the old wire photos on eBay, was anyone on T.C. one of the big bidders? P.M. me if you were! JonPez [ Edited by: JonPez 2011-07-26 06:23 ] |
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07/29/2011
Re-enabled links to all the photos I've posted... Enjoy.... |
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Dustycajun
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07/29/2011
TikiGardener, Thanks for re-posting all of the great photos. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e33433d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ca8fe654436108280076307b4f3be6c8 The Tiki Gardens bumper stickers are back on ebay for $4.99 each, not a bad price for some Tiki Gardens fun. I may have to get another one to put on my motorhome. DC [ Edited by: Dustycajun 2011-08-06 10:14 ] |
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JonPez
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08/01/2011
These are smaller repros of the original ones...
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JonPez
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08/01/2011
The story goes that group of Australian investors traded opals for Tiki Gardens instead of cash. The father of a former girlfriend was the real estate broker for the deal (or part of it). He gave me this on my college graduation in 1989. It was one of the opals he received as his commission of the sale. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/1130/4e36ce11.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e828804ae711743c3ebe929e4b5c7f6e |
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Dustycajun
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08/06/2011
Jon Pez, That is an interesting story on the opals. There were some more of the wire photos sold on ebay that I grabbed a few images from. First a few of Frank. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d76d8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=1940ec8f5b0c765ff899bb17e5d63155 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d76ce.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=dedda2cc6a60606843756e2d1529c599 A couple Tikis that I have never seen before. Kula the Camera God. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d78bf.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2cf43cf94533085d7ac0922b9a04a5a0 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d7702.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=927868499ebb9fe71c615e661e97f56a And this little guy hanging out by Lono. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d7726.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f1af4f61e4d8486ce3ff499678f952ea Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4e3d7719.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=25a4b2126ac0197167192c7ea64de51c Cool historical stuff. DC |
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bigbrotiki
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08/07/2011
Jon Pez, what a story, amazing this really happened! Sacred ancestral grounds being traded for glass pearls !... :wink: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4e3dd66d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=273a838d36d015461f6e71987f7b8f1c DC, thanks for watching and clipping those photos, that "Kula the Picture God" Tiki was completely unknown to me! What a funny find, that one must have gone for big bucks. Plus now I know where THIS photo I used on page 202 of Tiki Modern came from: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4e3dd5ce.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b967ad14a193ae35dc40ae2f2602b618 I still don't know who the model is, but it seems the two pics are form the same photo session. I wonder where at Tiki Gardens that Witco Mainlander fountain stood. Here are some of the other photos that got bids from sixty to over a hundred dollars each: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4e3dd6ed.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3380f33cfc46115d00e00c18418716ad The Tiki Gardens boat in the dry dock: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4e3dd794.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a76856109303b5db571a49a305c3d9be Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/4e3dd7d3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c53c27016ff9d8f24a16591e45b5cdb8 [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-08-08 06:38 ] |
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08/07/2011
The Mainlander Witco is in this shot on the far right, under the 2nd "R" in restaurant. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/3224/497e4d8e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e6ba69cf3688f470eb8aeabbf1d9c0ce |
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09/27/2011
Saw this on eBay and thought I'd add to the thread: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/766/4e8259fc.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f3ba180fa728fc2764593fd24e102e21 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/766/4e825a07.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4f3be13e126ebd23e23dfee671e63a32 Here's the auction: |
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09/28/2011
More AP Press photos currently on ebay all from the same seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-St-Petersburg-Florida-Tiki-Gardens-Tiki-God-Statue-Wire-Photo-/270824374596?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item3f0e640144 Note: I have nothing to do with the seller, I just found these on ebay and thought others might be interested in seeing them. |
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09/28/2011
I don't think I saw this one posted: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/54984/4e82965f.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=9761b7e3bca3e4a0592bf32fba11efa1 |
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Dustycajun
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10/25/2011
I came across some information on the pier that was located across from Tiki Gardens. Here's the story A 900-ft. long pier originally known as the South Shore An aerial photo postcard. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4ea63ed1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f9e1d2dfe3e024b37b89ad7378947922 And some photos of the pier after Byars turned it into the Pier Kahiki I spied on ebay. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4ea63e9b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0917d283af46a9054fd53d6a0c27bebf Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4ea63ea7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a00c3537da6e0a28904a30734875ef82 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4ea63ec7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=af947236655aecaff9ec84ecafc4ba69 Love this fish logo. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4ea63eb0.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=39a36eff661a8829fd4fdf69db74a3be DC |
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Tipsy McStagger
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11/24/2011
haven't seen this one till now..... thought I would share. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/2706/4ecd9de5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=360ad3596c6b215a78d1d6439fd7f725 |
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Dustycajun
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12/17/2011
Here a few more news-wire photos from ebay. The beginning. Construction of the Tikis. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4eece02c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=209e4545c2d83f8c6bb5960e9c11cfc6 Emerging from the swamp. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4eece038.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2d474d239dbc96d85c5f8f0a7117124a The end. Fire sale. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4eece050.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e395317ba367783afa34dbdfbed75acb DC |
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Mr. NoNaMe
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12/20/2011
Here is a match book Tiki Kate gave to me a few years ago. |
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8FT Tiki
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01/02/2012
A Florida souvenir plate from the 60's showng a lot of attractions. And a close up. |
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Dustycajun
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02/02/2012
I finally got one of those newswire photos that have been circulating around. This one a Beauty and the Beast shot with the reigning Ms. St Petersburg and the new candidates from 1971. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4f29f253.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=55749400ec2ee648fc9f52f892d73058 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/4f29f247.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ea5dd2bc2872f07746b198c5a2a8a815 DC |
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SandraDee
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03/02/2012
Have no idea if this has been posted because of the broken links... Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/54984/4f502d2d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3376b4474bf93823af838234ec6a1357 |
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tikilongbeach
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06/01/2012
On http://www.3dstereo.com you can buy a complete pack of Viewmaster slides with pictures of the Tiki Gardens. They also have Adventureland slides from Disneyland too. They're cheaper than the $98 Tiki Gardens. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/74570/4fc8347e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=9fd253c53c5f10daab953ade6ba3eab1 Tiki Gardens - 3 Reel ViewMaster Packet Only 1 Available Qty: Plenty of tourist attractions have their own gift shops, but how many gift shops have their own tourist attractions? In 1962, ‘Trader’ Frank and Jo Byars opened a small gardens on about four acres adjacent to their Signal House gift shop on Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach. When the gift shop burned down in 1963 they rebuilt the shop and opened an expanded gardens in 1964. Eventually, following a 1969 expansion, the complex would encompass several gift shops, the south seas themed gardens complete with exotic birds and monkeys, and Trader Frank's Restaurant, on more than twelve acres. In 1986, the Byars sold Tiki Gardens to a pair of foreign investors who ultimately seemed unsure what to do with the attraction. They sold it to Pinellas County in 1990. The buildings were demolished and tikis sold, with much of the property being turned into a not so exotic beach access parking lot. Information provided by http://www.lostparks.com. Condition: |
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Tiki Wachee
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06/01/2012
I have this View-Master set and can heartily recommend it. I'm a VM collector, so I've got ongoing searches running for many different sets, and this one is a difficult one to come by. Took me about a year or two to finally win one on eBay, at $30 plus shipping. I was willing to go up to $50, so quite pleased with that outcome! Florida was at the height of its popularity as a destination at the same time that View-Master was at the height of its popularity as a medium for showcasing destinations, so what we have preserved on these old reels today is a sort of portal into that time and location...possibly the closest thing to a time machine other than the movies. I like to play the Tiki Gardens album while viewing this set, for added ambience. I know of no other VM set that is quite as focused on tiki specifically as this one is, but other "old Florida" sets worth mentioning include Weeki Wachee Springs, Rainbow Springs, Sunken Gardens (St. Pete), Floridaland (Sarasota/Venice), Parrot Jungle, Monkey Jungle, Lion Country Safari, Jungle Gardens (Sarasota), Cypress Gardens (Winter Haven), Busch Gardens (Tampa), Cape Coral Gardens, Bok Tower (Lake Wales), Silver Springs, Marine Studios/Marineland (St. Augustine), Sea World (Orlando), Seaquarium (Miami), Historic St. Augustine, Greater Miami, and of course, the various Disney World sets. There are certainly plenty of other Florida-based sets and individual reels, but these sets offer a pretty good road trip. I wish they had made a set featuring the Mai Kai, but I was down there for Hukilau this year with my 3D camera, so you just may see some of my stereo photos of it here once I get some time to go through them. Perhaps a little closer to the topic of tiki (and not to be missed) are the various sets focused on Hawaii. The Polynesian Cultural Center is perhaps the best Hawaiian example, but to a tikiphile, the title is more promising than the actual content. Many of the Hawaiian sets focus on the natural beauty of the islands, which is perhaps as it should be, and they're definitely worth owning. |
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Tiki Wachee
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06/26/2012
Another Tiki Gardens View-Master set up is for auction...still sealed (RARE!) and current bid is $27 (not bad for this set, especially considering its condition): http://www.ebay.com/itm/261049219283 Update: The auction closed for $38.26. No doubt this particular set will resurface with a $50 markup soon. :) ~cs [ Edited by: Tiki Wachee 2012-06-26 16:07 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Wachee 2012-06-26 16:37 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Wachee 2012-06-26 20:27 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Wachee 2012-06-26 21:04 ] |
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Dustycajun
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09/07/2012
A nice little ad for Trader Franks at Tiki Gardens. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/5049697f.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=8c3e6ed8882a3e30c79d4ee925ed47a3 A couple of very cool menu covers. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50496abb.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a1711181ce48ff8a1c68dde8fb825278 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50496a8a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a3295f0252a3ad39eb1f80ffc9dcbf0e And an old photo of the entrance. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50496c3c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=45195790a29b65b60a57d474ee43ba69 DC |
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09/10/2012
there's a beach access there now, actually marked as "tiki gardens"... I've been trying to reach the proper person at the parks & rec dept to find out about doing a big tiki there... so far no response... |
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TikiTomD
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09/17/2012
Found this ad from the 1960s... Official St Petersburg Weekly Guide April 27, 1962 -Tom |
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hotworks
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10/08/2012
I was born in Pinellas Co, and remember going to Tiki Gardens as a little kid, around 1972. I think the food was fairly pricey, since even though I wanted to eat there, all I can remember doing was walking around the gardens. Seems like it was always dark when I was there. I remember burning torches, lots of plants, and what seemed like really big Tikis. |
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SandraDee
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10/11/2012
Tiki Gardens ashtray Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/54984/507708ce.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cd5590cf0bb7fcc28830beecd4778664 |
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Dustycajun
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01/08/2013
A few more news wire photos ... Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50eb66e5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fb7977d51cd715a8a6d9cccf5af64038 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50eb66d5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=492013d9f71ebe5fa065d2332b59c674 DC |