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Old Tiki/Restaraunt Ads in Vintage Magazines thread

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Not sure if there is already a thread for this but how about one for Vintage ads for tiki related stuff(Restaraunts/Mugs/Barware/Cocktails etc from old magazines(preferably from The Tiki heyday (1940's-1960's) as it was in decline in the 70's and the 80's was really bad era!
Thought i would start it off with an Ad from The July 1948 "Holiday" magazine in a article on San Francisco with a lovely pic of Trader Vic's(Would this be Oakland? as no mention in the text)

Great idea! Here's a couple of mine:

[ Edited by: TikiTacky 2014-07-07 13:33 ]

The Tiki ad topic is covered in this thread Tiki Ads

Here is a cool ad for Schweppes shot at the Kon Tiki in Montreal.

DC

Magazine ad for Ballantine Ale featuring a nice rendering of the Trader Vic's in San Francisco.

Tikiwagon,

Your ad is also from the Trader Vic's in San Francisco, same Tiki as this ad. Could you get a better photo or scan of that picture?

DC

Here are a couple of Black and white Ads from our own Beachcomber bar in Mayfair taken from a mid 60's magazine, Unfortunately the Vic's pic is about as good as it gets as the mag image is not too good

Here are a few pages from Holiday magazine aug 1950 with some great pics of some skull mugs and a shot of the first Oakland location






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