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HB TIKI
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Dec 12, 2008
Posts: 651 |  Posted: 2009-07-07 12:47 am Permalink
CORBY'
S SIGN FOR CLUB PAGO PAGO FOR A HAWAIIAN STONE SOUR
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Kona Chris
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Posts: 237
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2009-07-09 3:25 pm Permalink
Here's a matchbook from the Bali Hai, which is what the Pago Pago became in later years. Note the same address:
Chris
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Grand Kahu
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jul 31, 2006
Posts: 143
From: Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2009-08-20 8:03 pm Permalink
The Then-and-Now shots are so painful to see...but interesting the old Pago Pago Tucson building still stands, even if covered in stucco now and surely devoid of anything tiki-like inside or out. Note the drum-like enclosure of the original entry - and the original stone base (now covered with stucco) of the sign beyond the modern street signs.
What year did it close?
GK
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-28 1:43 pm Permalink
I tried to win this Pago Pago menu on ebay recently but only got the images.
What A funny looking combination of characters!
The caricature on the inside of the menu looks like the figure used in the Copacabana postcards.
DC
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2010-01-27 8:23 pm Permalink
Here's another napkin from the Pago Pago in Portland:
Compare to the narrower napkin in Mimi's collection:
I wonder if the half-napkin size was part of the war-time effort to conserve paper. So that even the cocktail-drinker felt they were doing their part.
Here's my only evidence:
I've got several of these half-napkins in my collection and they all seem to be made out of ultra-thin, inferior paper that wouldn't stop a ring-mark on a bar if they tried.
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Nokala Rocky
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 13, 2005
Posts: 70
From: Rochester
| Posted: 2010-02-10 12:39 pm Permalink
I've been wanting to see the movie "South of Pago Pago" one of the actors is Abner Biberman, who was in quite a few films from that era. I can only find the movie on VHS on amazon for about $40.00! Any one have it to rent?
Here is a picture of Abner;
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nature boy
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 02, 2008
Posts: 69
From: Timonium, Maryland
| Posted: 2010-02-10 3:11 pm Permalink
Here is my first and maybe only contribution to Tiki Central. I was looking through my dad's old matchbook collection and found one from Pago Pago Portland.
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cheeky half
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 22, 2002
Posts: 790
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2010-02-10 5:00 pm Permalink
Came across this ad recently. From 1953
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-10 5:37 pm Permalink
Nature Boy,
That's cool to get a piece of historical Tiki from your dad!
Cheeky half,
That add reminded me of a postcard I have from the Pago Pago when Phil owned it. Must have been after the Homer and Bob era.
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10601
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-02-10 5:45 pm Permalink
Cool finds! I like that last caption:
Why get specific and waste space by listing them all: "It's clientele of famous people from all over the world!" 'nuff said! 
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-04 1:27 pm Permalink
I spotted a different twist on the Pago Pago matchbook from Tucson recently on ebay.
It is similar to the original one posted by Bigbro to start this post:
 
Except that the monkey is replaced by our new proprietor Phil!
DC
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tikibars
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2014
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2010-04-26 09:40 am Permalink
A blurb in today's Chicagoist about the imminent destruction of Chicago's beloved Pago Pago billboard...
http://chicagoist.com/2010/04/26/pago_pago_no_more.php
What the pics on this blog don't show are the cranes and scaffolding that have been erected all around the building for the past few weeks.
Those wanting to get their last glimpse of this legendary bit of Chicago tiki need to do so very, very, very soon.
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bongofury
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Oct 15, 2002
Posts: 1487
From: Ventura County
| Posted: 2010-10-16 06:06 am Permalink
From the 1961 movie "Five Minutes to Live" with Johnny Cash and little Ron Howard
Quick shot of exterior. The interior looks like any diner from that time.....nothing Polynesian.
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tikibars
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2014
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2010-11-03 6:04 pm Permalink
The Pago Pago sign in Chicago is gone.
The building it was on no longer exists.
(a bit of the facade was saved, propped up with scaffolds, and the rest of the building has been erased).
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My new book is "Destination: Cocktails": www.destinationcocktails.com.
Get "Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture" at: www.bigstonehead.com.
See www.tydirium.net for Tiki Road Trip, global travelogues, and more!
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-11-03 6:26 pm Permalink
Bummer
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