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Google News Timeline Archives with interesting Tiki topics

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I know people have posted stories from the Google Archive, but I searched and could not find the official topic. I figure why not have a thread dealing with and for all of the Google Timeline Tiki stories!

I found a few amazing stories and some real interesting reads regarding tiki, using the Google News Timeline Archive.
This one for instance, is an opinionated article written by a Mr. Russell Kurt for the Ocala Star-Banner paper back in 1965.
Sven might get a kick out of this one!
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5AUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9wQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=tiki&pg=1986%2C6234000
In case it doesn't automatically go, the actual article is on PAGE 18.

I wish I could build a Tiki Hut for $12...lol
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JSEMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zVwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=tiki&pg=6871%2C2942761
Top of PAGE 58.

Bruce Vonada new owner of the Tiki Motor Inn of Spokane, Washington.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tp0SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=tiki&pg=7362%2C822420
Wonder what is at that exact location now?

Fire at Indian Rocks Beach 1963, at the Famous Tiki Gardens. Frank Byers wasn't planning to rebuild.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tjULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LVIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=tiki&pg=5567%2C135545
PAGE 13.

Whoaa, Tom's got the Google timeline fever :D It's a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon, fer sure.

Interesting how so many of these articles got wire-serviced out to smaller regional papers:
Your first find was published in the L..A. Times, I reprinted it as the "prevailing opinion of the taste police" in the BOT, page 52.
The Barney West article first saw its first light in a California paper, too, I had posted it here:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22078&forum=1&vpost=276624

But most of the Tampa/ St Petersburg/ Tiki Gardens articles that Mo-Eye found were entirely local:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32633&forum=1&vpost=459486

...and on and on: Just put 'Florida Tiki' author: ' Mo-Eye' into the search engine here, and you will find over a dozen fascinating articles.

Or, just click on this:
http://www.tikicentral.com/search.php?term=Florida+%22Tiki%22&submit=Search&srch=both&frm=all&usr=Mo-Eye&srt=newest

Much work remains to be done for outside of Florida articles, so keep up the good work!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-10-25 13:10 ]

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