by donnbeach | Mar 24, 2021 | Chicago, Donn's History, Ephemera, Locations, Tokens
From the Phoebe Beach Archive I had long heard that at the Chicago Don the Beachcomber the coat check didn’t take tips, but instead they suggested donating to various charities. I have pictures of the boxes labeled for those donations. The above picture has a...
by donnbeach | Mar 19, 2021 | Colonel's Plantation Steakhouse, Donn's History, People, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archive These images are from negatives in the Phoebe Beach Archive and thus have no notes for clues. I’d assume they are famous people to be included in Donn’s photo collection, but they may be business associates or simply friends....
by donnbeach | Mar 17, 2021 | Donn's History, Locations, McCadden Place
From the Phoebe Beach Archive No notes on this to tell me who is in this picture. Maybe they are famous enough one of you knows who they are?
by donnbeach | Mar 11, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Edgar Bergen, Donn, Elyse Knox and Mrs. Reginald Gardiner. They were all regulars at Donn’s Encino parties in 1946. Elyse is best know now as the mother of actor Mark Harmon. From Good Morning America...
by donnbeach | Mar 4, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
In this 1946 Life magazine article you see Steve Crane arriving with Lila Leeds. She had just been in The Show Off with Red Skelton, another regular at Donn’s parties. He was 10 years Donn’s junior and would go on about ten years later to be a...
