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Hawaiian Room, Baltimore, MD (restaurant) |
johntiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2002
Posts: 1525
From: MD
|  Posted: 2013-02-06 8:06 pm Permalink
That's awesome - for the longest time that shot was the only glimpse we had of the Hawaiian Room and now to own it is just amazing! Congrats!
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2966
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2013-02-07 05:44 am Permalink
i had only seen postcards, never a photo with the sign - so i bought it asap! 
more photos:
Pele Tiki performing a solo hula in holoku dress
Kanani in background with Pele Tiki in foreground doing solo Tahitian
an ad from the baltimore sun, 1964
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2966
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2013-07-26 05:41 am Permalink
interesting... yesterday i bought a skull mug through craigslist for the hawaiian room.
the previous owner had bought it at the hawaiian room in 1959 or 1961 when visiting with his brother. they were both "in the service."
compare this one (the smaller, whiter one with the OTAGIRI markings) with the other one, which is more beige and larger, although possibly from the same scuplt.
the text on the whiter, smaller skull is the "chop suey" font that matches the font on the angry bearded mug. i looked on ooga-mooga, and all the cataloged examples of this skull have the larger blocky letters like the one on the larger, beige skull.
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2966
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2013-11-07 07:17 am Permalink
bought this yesterday thru craigslist from the original owner.
note the description of the drink and recipe for this mug:
Diamond Head Special
$1.50
Jamaican Rum and Sweet Angostura Bitters
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