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South Pacific WWII Photos (Warning: Lots o' Boobs! & 4 Balls) |
Sweet Daddy Tiki
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Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 1026
From: Edmonton
|  Posted: 2004-05-21 2:53 pm Permalink
(Warning: Lots o' Boobs! & 4 Balls)
I only count 2.
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mexatiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-05-21 4:57 pm Permalink
Aloha and Hola, the photographer on the Japanese Hula Honey is Fritz Kraft...he did most of the souvenir type photo packets for the GI's....her name is Esther Sanoda....I used to have quite a few pics of her, once selling at a show in Oahu an old man screamed when he saw the pics on my table and he looked up and said "I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE ESTHER AGAIN!" Turns out he dated her and she is 22 years old in those pics...to much information? maybe but there ya have it.
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Mexatiki
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2004-05-22 09:33 am Permalink
Now THAT, Mexatiki, is one of the coolest things I've read on TC in ages! What a wealth of bizarro information we are - thanks for adding the Esther info!
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
| Posted: 2004-05-22 11:40 am Permalink
glad y'all like the photos. i too can't help wondering what was going on in the minds of the photographers & their subjects. ultimately, i just think photos like these & the fascination they must have inspired when first scene back on the mainland have a lot to do w/ why tiki bars & polynesian pop took off like it did!
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
| Posted: 2004-05-22 11:43 am Permalink
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On 2004-05-21 16:57, mexatiki wrote:
Aloha and Hola, the photographer on the Japanese Hula Honey is Fritz Kraft...he did most of the souvenir type photo packets for the GI's....her name is Esther Sanoda....I used to have quite a few pics of her, once selling at a show in Oahu an old man screamed when he saw the pics on my table and he looked up and said "I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE ESTHER AGAIN!" Turns out he dated her and she is 22 years old in those pics...to much information? maybe but there ya have it.
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Mexatiki
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Mexatiki,
Thank you so much for the incredible info! Wow! You just breathed a bit more life into these photos.
Your post pretty much sums up (in a coconut shell) why Tiki Central is so frickin' AMAZING (which is quite an accomplishment for only your 7th post)!
Cheers,
Tiki Chris
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mexatiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-05-22 1:15 pm Permalink
HEHEHEHE what I did not tell you was that those Hula Honey's got paid 100 bucks for a day of topless photography...Esther liked her Mai Tai's too and she used to dance on tables...
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1488
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2005-04-29 10:23 pm Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: filslash 2008-09-13 12:27 ]
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TikiGardener
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1359
From: 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens
| Posted: 2005-04-29 10:49 pm Permalink
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On 2004-05-20 12:58, johntiki wrote:
Great pics! In a way it kind of saddens me to think of why someones personal photos are sold off - kinda like seeing people's family photos in the $3.00 frames at the Goodwill - sad.
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The toughest ones for me are the framed, oftened hand tinted, portraits of soldiers from World War Two that I see from time to time at the flea markets. It kills me to see them staring out forlornly. All that sacrifice forgotten.
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Nokala Rocky
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Joined: Mar 13, 2005
Posts: 70
From: Rochester
| Posted: 2005-04-30 05:51 am Permalink
Fantastic images. I would love some copies!
I too have an attraction to "Other peoples photo's" I have 3 large vintage scrapbooks, that literally follows a young soldier and his bride from dating, marriage, the war, domestic life, drunken car accident, drawn out recovery......Found them all in the loft of an old garage. Hubby was a portrait photographer, wife was a part time model and worked for Kodak. No kids.......
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stentiki
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 891
From: Huntington Beach
| Posted: 2005-04-30 08:59 am Permalink
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Esther liked her Mai Tai's too and she used to dance on tables...
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That explains that impish grin and those mischievious eyes.
Nice photos Chris!
I especially like the 'Hukilau' photo. Look at the waves behind that guy!
Also, the 'Gaugin model' is the definitive photo when I think of Polynesian paradise.
Great work, my friend!
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TikiGardener
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1359
From: 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens
| Posted: 2005-04-30 11:18 am Permalink
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Okolehao
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Joined: May 03, 2006
Posts: 234
From: Monterey, CA
| Posted: 2009-03-09 12:37 pm Permalink
I know this is an old thread but does anyone know much more about Fritz Kraft besides him doing souvenir photos? Did he ever do larger prints? It really is great stuff. There are lots of his post cards on eBay.
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2009-03-10 3:19 pm Permalink
Hey! Where'd the boobs go?!?!
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Murph
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Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 671
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2009-03-10 5:41 pm Permalink
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On 2009-03-10 15:19, Big Kahuna wrote:
Hey! Where'd the boobs go?!?!
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Did ya really want to see 68 year old boobs?
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1531
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2009-03-11 04:36 am Permalink
Only painted boobs here. B-24 and B-29 nose art from WWII.
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