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Humuhumu
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Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
|  Posted: 2004-10-01 2:49 pm Permalink
Sabu, you give good thread. (Don't tell your wife I said that.) 
I'm also quite fond of the concept artwork and illustrations of these places. My favorite pieces come from the Mauna Loa in Detroit... as a matter of fact, I've only seen the Mauna Loa exterior in illustrated form, I've never seen a photo.
These are from puamana's collection, and are in Critiki:
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SoBeTiki
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Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 92
From: Miami Beach, Florida
| Posted: 2004-10-01 7:30 pm Permalink
Great stuff! Keep 'em coming.
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Klas
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2004-10-03 1:04 pm Permalink
Very cool pics! I just got myself a new desktop wallpaper (1024x768 193kB) 
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Tangaroa
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Posts: 1552 | Posted: 2004-10-08 12:09 pm Permalink
Here's some more concept art by Dave Constable from Pacific Ocean Park..
1. Entrance to The Deepest Deep dark ride.
2. Early concept entrance to The Banana Train Ride.
3. Banana Train ride, show scene with U.S. Rubber as sponsor.
4. Polynesian performance hall/ restaurant (this one will be for sale on Ebay in the next month or so...)
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TNTiki
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From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-10-08 2:57 pm Permalink
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tikitony
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Joined: Aug 18, 2002
Posts: 860
From: Ventura, CA
| Posted: 2004-10-08 3:12 pm Permalink
 Those are so awesome, thanks for posting! That makes me want to pull out my dreaded water colors now.
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TikiHula
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Joined: Apr 09, 2002
Posts: 600
From: SacTown
| Posted: 2004-10-08 10:49 pm Permalink
Here's a vintage Trader Vic's silk scarf with drawings of the fronts of the restaurants at the time. Just got it on ebay a few weeks ago:
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adg
The whole scarf
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adh
Beverly Hills
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adi
Chicago
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adj
Denver
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adk
New York
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adl
Oakland
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adm
Portland
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adn
San Francisco
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/ado
San Juan
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adp
Scottsdale
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adq
Seattle
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/adr
Vancouver
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/vics/ads
Washington
Cool,huh...
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Humuhumu
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-10-08 11:03 pm Permalink
"Sandvan" looks to me like it actually says San Juan... which would probably be San Juan, Puerto Rico, although that would be the first I've heard of there having been a location there. Would make sense, though.
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TikiHula
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From: SacTown
| Posted: 2004-10-08 11:17 pm Permalink
Damn, Michelle, you're good. I didn't even see that. Yes, it must be San Juan. Wonder how long that one was in business?
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10992
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2004-10-09 03:49 am Permalink
Absolutely FAN-TAS-TIC! Wish I would have had that for the book! Must use it for Witco!
Never knew that Chicago and Portland used to have A-frames.
These must be based on photographs, the Wshington one has the same angle than the postcard p.53 of the BOT.
Ouuuh the pain, to think that before the big renovation wave in the 80s, T.V.'s headquarters used to have individual press folders for each location, with photographs and materials from day one. They were tossed.
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Tangaroa
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Joined: Apr 25, 2002
Posts: 1552 | Posted: 2004-10-10 09:48 am Permalink
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On 2004-10-09 03:49, bigbrotiki wrote:
T.V.'s headquarters used to have individual press folders for each location, with photographs and materials from day one. They were tossed.
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TOSSED????? Oh man, nothing hurts worse than that... I've had some similar experiences with Knott's...
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ZuluMagoo
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Joined: Jun 26, 2002
Posts: 468
From: Denver, CO
| Posted: 2004-10-11 5:48 pm Permalink
This is Mike's (aka TikiHula) pic from above for the Denver Trader Vics.
Several years ago while I was researching Denver tiki establishments at the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library, I found a lead to a newspaper article about one of those guardian tikis being stolen.
I searched ALL variations of the date, but never had any luck finding the article in the Denver Post archives. The librarian must have made a typo when she was updating the card (dammit). Well at least now we have a visual to go with the story. Great find Mike!
I have to wonder if the missing big guy is still floating around here in the Denver area? Cool end to the story if I could ever find it (I've looked).
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kimcheebref
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Joined: Oct 01, 2004
Posts: 26
From: Ann Arbor, MI
| Posted: 2004-10-11 6:24 pm Permalink
These are great!! Thanks for sharing, makes us one dimensional tiki peeps think about going two dimensional!!! - did i spell that right?
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2787
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2004-10-12 02:47 am Permalink
Tangaroa - Thanks for posting more of that great conceptual artwork. That Polynesian Performance Hall is my favorite!
Tiki Hula - Fantastic artwork on that scarf. I've got an actual photo postcard of that entrance to the San Juan, Puerto Rico Vics. Here it is, (Humuhumu, you're free to use this one and any of those artist renderings on your Critiki site if you'd like):
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puamana
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Joined: Aug 02, 2002
Posts: 291
From: Seattle, WA
| Posted: 2004-11-13 12:07 pm Permalink
Here's a placemat from the Palm Beach Hawaiian Motor Lodge, FL :
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