i think this is pretty cool, maybe some of you would too.
i found my way to the time magazine website yesterday, and they have made digitally available ALL issues back to 1923. so you can basically 'google' any historic/cultural item from primary sources.
i took the liberty to amass the following, tiki-related:
Don the Beachcomber
Aug. 25, 1961
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,895657,00.html "Gimmicks East & West"
Jun. 9, 1961
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938124,00.html "New Products"
Mar. 31, 1961
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872226,00.html "Polynesia at Dinnertime"
Jul. 21, 1958
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868692,00.html "The New Pictures"
Victor Bergeron
Oct. 22, 1984
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951368,00.html Obituaries
Jan. 28, 1980
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923891,00.html "Who Needs Their Vodka?"
Dec. 29, 1967
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844329,00.html "Shape-Up on the Waterfront"
Jul. 22, 1966
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836101,00.html "California Crus"
Jan. 14, 1966
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834998,00.html General News Items
Apr. 06, 1962
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896048,00.html "Angler's Eden"
Mar. 31, 1961
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872226,00.html "Polynesia at Dinnertime"
Tiki Bars
Apr. 30, 2001
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,999800,00.html "Tiki Bars" / TREND
Kon Tiki
Aug. 30, 1971
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909957,00.html "Wine-Dark Sails"
Sep. 15, 1952
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,816971,00.html "Round Trip to Peru"
Apr. 16, 1951
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,814741,00.html "New Picture" / Kon Tiki
Sep. 18, 1950
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,813305,00.html "Six on a Raft"
Aug. 11, 1947
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887547,00.html "Landfall"
Jul. 07, 1947
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,934643,00.html "Word from a Raft"
Apr. 21, 1947
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,853138,00.html "Westward Voyage"
Tiki
Dec. 06, 1968
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844655-1,00.html "Edibility Gap"
Feb. 11, 1966
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842478,00.html "The New Acapulco"
Aug. 31, 1959
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864936,00.html "The $1 Billion Five & Ten"
Sep. 08, 1958
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868858,00.html "The Hipster Islanders" / Book Review of Aku-Aku
Sep. 17, 1956
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893586,00.html "Henry's Thatched Huts" / Hawaiian Village
Feb. 11, 1935
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748428,00.html "The New Pictures" / Hei Tiki
Sep. 26, 1932
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744421-4,00.html Letters / New Zealand jade "Tiki charms"
Arthur Godfrey
Feb. 27, 1950 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812096,00.html "Oceans of Empathy"
n.b. as you know, arthur godfrey was the showman who appeared with hilo hattie in the hawaiian room in the hotel lexington in nyc.
i thought it was cool that there was a mention of 'tiki' as far back as 1932.
i'm sure there is tons more to mine from this resource.
p.s. it looks like the links don't like the comma in the hyperlink, so you may have to cut and paste the address.
"annoying ego blather" (tip o' th' pin to bill griffith):
[ Edited by: Johnny Dollar 2007-03-08 06:19 ]
