Full Moon Party 1946 Don the Beachcomber Encino Home

by donnbeach | Jan 11, 2024 | Celebrities, Donn's History, Encino Home, Locations, People

Full Moon Party 1946 Don the Beachcomber Encino...

Vintage Don the Beachcomber Carving at La Mariana

by donnbeach | Jan 11, 2024 | Donn's History, Ephemera, Locations, Waikiki Restaurant

Vintage Don the Beachcomber Carving at La...

Don the Beachcomber Waikiki 1948

by donnbeach | Dec 27, 2023 | Donn's History, Locations, Waikiki Restaurant

Donn enjoys a Missionary’s Downfall and a Pi Yi with a lovely...

New Donn of Tiki Trailer

by donnbeach | Aug 10, 2022 | Donn's History

I’ll be in Anaheim on September 17th for a fundraiser for the documentary. Details...

Singapore Manila War Tokens

by donnbeach | Apr 11, 2022 | Chicago, Donn's History, Ephemera, Tokens, WWII

On July 22nd of 1942, Donn, on active military service, announced the opening of a Singapore and Manila Don the Beachcomber, and then on the 26th issued 1,000 tokens for a free Barrel of Rum at these locations. Note the lines in the top left where there were cuts and...

Donn’s Notes on the 1930s

by donnbeach | Jan 9, 2022 | Donn's History

Here is another sample of Donn’s handwriting. I’m getting better at interpreting it mainly by virtue of knowing a lot of the subjects already and being able to piece it together. I decided to actually type up my interpretation of this page. Maybe I know...