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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2401
From: Boogie Wonderland
|  Posted: 2009-02-11 9:38 pm Permalink
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On 2009-02-11 21:28, Dustycajun wrote:
Bora Boris,
Thanks for those great phone book ads. I have been wanting to do some research like that in Santa Barbara - do you just go to the library and say "where are the old phone books"?
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Yep! That's what I do. Some libraries don't have a lot of them but usually the main branch for a city or a county will. However some libraries are actually tossing old phone books due to lack of space. Ugh!
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-02-11 9:39 pm Permalink
Notice the proximity of "Toby" to Sea & Jungle. Toby was the S & J store owner's label.
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RevBambooBen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7197
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2009-02-14 09:28 am Permalink
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On 2008-03-30 11:28, Dustycajun wrote:
I saw this one on ebay from the Pirates Cove Tiki Gift Shop in Clarksville, Mo.
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Nothing more tiki than Cinder Blocks and Brick!
Classic!
They coulda least painted them black 
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TabooDan
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2004
Posts: 641
From: BC, Canada
| Posted: 2009-02-14 1:03 pm Permalink
Cool thread. I didn't see these in here so figured I would add them.
This one has got to be considered a Tiki Store even though it was a studio.
Tiki Junction in Sausaltio, Ca:
Now that's the kind of shopping I would like to do!! Now really, what Tiki artist's studio had their own postcards??
This next one is another from The Pirates Cove Store that was in Clarksville, Missouri:
Cool shot with all the stuff hanging from the ceiling, along the walls and stuff basically stacked on top of stacks! What a mix of items. I bet lots of people bought a few cool things home for their home bars here!!
Mahalo, TabooDan
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-04-21 12:30 pm Permalink
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On 2008-03-28 19:01, ZuluMagoo wrote:
Or off topic a little, the Bali Hai Hair Stylists in West Islip, NY
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Found another tiki hair stylists postcard.
This one is from the Tiki Hut located in Pasadena California.
The inside of the shop.
Love the phrase on the back of the card:
If you are par-TIKI-lar, You'll call the Tiki Hut
That is one of the all time classic tiki ad lines.
DC
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-04-21 1:42 pm Permalink
The thing about the four languages, too. Great find! 
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-04-21 3:06 pm Permalink
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On 2009-04-21 13:42, bigbrotiki wrote:
The thing about the four languages, too. Great find!
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Japanese, Colombian, Chicago-ese, and New York-ese.
All very distinct dialects to a Southern Californian.
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-05-11 12:18 pm Permalink
Here is an advertising card from Our Tahiti Hut in New York City. Straw hats and hula girls!
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-05-12 10:46 pm Permalink
Saw this guy on ebay.
Trader Haynes
Polynesian Curiosty Shop
Card advertises Polynesian gifts, Mu-Muus, Aloha Shirts, Leis, Beads, Tikis, Masks, Wood Carvings, Lanai Decorations, Fish Nets, Sea Shells, Artificial Palm Trees, etc.
230 E. Anaheim St,. Wilmington, Calif.
Nice shirt and hat, Trader Haynes Rocks!
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-06-19 8:31 pm Permalink
Time for a few more entries in the tiki shopping theme.
The Bamboo shirt store in NYC. What a sight on 5th Avenue
The girls going Gidget at Peg's Tiki Togs
And how about a little gift shopping in Hawaii for the Holidays.
With this recession we can all dream a bit.
DC
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tikimyniki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 20, 2009
Posts: 54
From: Oakland, CA
| Posted: 2009-06-26 7:17 pm Permalink
Hey Dusty, you may have already noticed this but Peg's Tiki Togs(8140 e. Firestone)was just a door or two down from Exotical in Downey(8136 e. Firestone)
Was there close-by competition back in the day? any connection?
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-27 4:25 pm Permalink
I just got another postcard from the Barefoot Trader in W. Yarmouth, Mass.
This one shows the second smaller A-Frame building on the right with the flaming Moai lit up at night.
This must have been added later in the life of the project as it does not show up on some of the earlier images.
A little hard to tell, but it looks like a pair of Witcos flanking the front door.
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-27 5:34 pm Permalink
Here is another old photo I saw on ebay of the Barefoot Trader before the second building and flaming Moai head where in place.
DC
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-10-28 08:09 am Permalink
Aaaah! A-frame heaven! Didya get it, didya get it!!!?
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-28 4:38 pm Permalink
Bigbro,
Got the postcard but not the old photo.
DC
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