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Trader Vic's, Honolulu, HI, (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 4073
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2011-01-22 08:53 am Permalink
Here is a great souvenir photo from the Honolulu Trader Vic's that I attempted to purchase on ebay a while back.
Pretty good photo of the restaurant scene, and you have to love the matching his and hers outfits!
DC
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2525
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2011-01-22 09:28 am Permalink
So...who's going to contact Hinkles? If they're still around their archive of old negatives from Waikiki restaurants and showrooms must be filled with great stuff!
*My ability to call long distance is currently turned off at the moment. 
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 4073
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-01-31 5:03 pm Permalink
I finally found one the Trader Vic's menus from Hawaii with the great illustrations of the mugs that were used exclusively in Hawaii.
Here is the cover and the back.
And the drinks..
 
If you compare my menu to the older menu I posted you can see that the Red Pants and Seahorse Mugs were added.
I have yet to see one of those blue Navy Grog mugs.
Here is a proclamation on the menu stating that these drinks and mugs were for the Trader Vic's in Hawaii only.
DC
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bigbadtikidaddy
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 441 | Posted: 2011-02-22 7:16 pm Permalink
I posted this find over in the crypto thread, but think it might belong here as well. i've searched & searched & cannot find any info about this drum mug. It is marked underneath "Trader Vic's Hawaii"
Has anyone seen or heard of this mug before?
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1563
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2011-02-22 11:21 pm Permalink
Swell mug. Possibly was done by "Rainbow Ceramic, Hawaii." Looks like their stuff.
The husk of the Trader Vic's at the International Market Place around 2001 before demolition.
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bigbadtikidaddy
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 441 | Posted: 2011-02-23 11:02 am Permalink
Thanks Phillip, I appreciate the reply. I havent heard of Rainbow Ceramics before, do you have any other info so that I can try figure out the age of this piece, or pictures of any of their other stuff? thanks in advance!
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aquarj
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Joined: Apr 02, 2002
Posts: 1055
From: SF bay area, CA
| Posted: 2011-02-24 2:00 pm Permalink
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Pretty good photo of the restaurant scene, and you have to love the matching his and hers outfits!
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Both couples not only have matching outfits, but also matching drinks!
Here's another slightly different pic of the entrance.
-Randy
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 4073
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-24 5:05 pm Permalink
An old RPPC from Trader Vic's spotted on ebay with Granny Abbott listed as the owner.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 4073
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-10-01 10:27 am Permalink
Here is another early souvenir photo from the original Trader Vic's on Ward Avenue that I tried for on the bay.
Not much of a TIPSY factor.
DC
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2525
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2011-10-01 10:40 am Permalink
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On 2011-10-01 10:27, Dustycajun wrote:
Not much of a TIPSY factor.
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At least they're actually smiling and it looks like they're having fun which is rare in these kind of pictures.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1563
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2011-10-01 12:49 pm Permalink
Aloha,
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On 2011-10-01 10:27, Dustycajun wrote:
Not much of a TIPSY factor.
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It's always a good thing to see more pictures surface of this place, because there aren't many. I'm sure there will be more Tiki as we start to get a better shots. Also, let's not forget that this locale was opened in 1941, and the real "Tiki Age" in Hawaii doesn't start until 1946 when Donn set's up shop in Waikiki.
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[ This Message was edited by: Phillip Roberts 2011-12-04 16:40 ]
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 829 | Posted: 2011-12-15 3:19 pm Permalink
Just got a box of salesmen sample napkins and this one was in there from Trader Vic's International Marketplace:
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1563
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2011-12-15 9:01 pm Permalink
Aloha,
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On 2011-12-15 15:19, SandraDee wrote:
Just got a box of salesmen sample napkins and this one was in there from Trader Vic's International Marketplace:
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OH MAN!! Beautiful Napkin. What a treasure trove. I wish I'd had that one to put in Waikiki Tiki!
This shot, while a bit dark, is Trader Vic's at the ITNL.
This one is from Ward Avenue!
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[ This Message was edited by: Phillip Roberts 2012-06-29 15:05 ]
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 829 | Posted: 2011-12-16 07:46 am Permalink
Phillip Roberts maybe when you do Book #2 you can scan it in 
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 4073
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-09-27 7:30 pm Permalink
Just got this nice souvenir menu from the Trader Vic's at the International Marketplace. A great rendering of the grounds.
Close up, you can spot a nice Tiki in the bushes.
The menu.
Now this must have been a poke at Donn Beach "Honolulu's Original South Seas Restaurant" Really?!!!
DC
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