The Archive is (mostly) digitized
150 pounds of documents. It may not look like much, but it took me four and a half months to
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Author: donnbeach
Donn’s Car in 1948 Hawaii
1947 Buick Roadmaster convertible in Desert Tan. This is not Donn’s actual car.
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Notes From Home in WWII for Donn
When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read
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Donn’s Handwritten Autobiography
Among the Phoebe Beach Archive are the notes and writings of her late husband Arnold Bitner, who wrote a biography
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Donn’s Book and Record Shelf and Stuff
I was scouring the background of images to see what was on the shelves of Donn’s home. This is just
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The Bar at McCadden Place
A rare image inside 1727 N. McCadden Place circa 1937. The front bar where more traditional drinks were made rather
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Digitizing The Phoebe Beach Archive
In case you didn’t catch it in the announcements, I am in receipt of “The Phoebe Beach Archive”. This represents
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Donn With Cousins Waikiki
I assume the two little ones are cousins. At his Waikiki show.
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Mystery Man at Don the Beachcomber Waikiki
I am assuming this is in Waikiki. This is from a negative so there is no notation or hints of
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Toni and Alma Who at Donn’s House
I have a number of images of “Toni” at Donn’s Encino house parties circa 1946. On none of them does
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