Donn's History Archives - Searching for Don the Beachcomber

Rudy Vallee’s “The Drene Show” 1946 Featuring Donn

Part of the archive was this script for Rudy Vallee‘s “The Drene Show” which was a 30 minute radio program

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This is one example from 1966 of the vision of Bob Van Dorpe and Herb Kane for the islands, in

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150 pounds of documents. It may not look like much, but it took me four and a half months to

1947 Buick Roadmaster convertible in Desert Tan. This is not Donn’s actual car.

When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read

Among the Phoebe Beach Archive are the notes and writings of her late husband Arnold Bitner, who wrote a biography

I was scouring the background of images to see what was on the shelves of Donn’s home. This is just

A rare image inside 1727 N. McCadden Place circa 1937. The front bar where more traditional drinks were made rather

In case you didn’t catch it in the announcements, I am in receipt of “The Phoebe Beach Archive”. This represents

I assume the two little ones are cousins. At his Waikiki show.