by donnbeach | Jan 11, 2024 | Donn's History, Ephemera, Locations, Waikiki Restaurant
Vintage Don the Beachcomber Carving at La...
by donnbeach | Jun 24, 2022 | Ephemera
When I found this letter in Bob Van Dorpe’s archive, it just made me happy. It still makes me happy. It is signed from “Huge” which I thought for a bit was “Hugh” Donn’s brother. No return address, but the address mentioned in the...
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...
by donnbeach | Jun 19, 2021 | Donn's History, Ephemera
150 pounds of documents. It may not look like much, but it took me four and a half months to go through it to digitize it. Approximately 3800 items. About 1200 scanned images, which I mostly also Photoshopped. It was a lot of work and was literally painful. I bought a...
by donnbeach | Jun 12, 2021 | Ads, Donn's History, Waikiki Restaurant
1947 Buick Roadmaster convertible in Desert Tan. This is not Donn’s actual car. January 28, 1948
by donnbeach | Apr 23, 2021 | Donn's History, Encino Home, Ephemera, Locations
I was scouring the background of images to see what was on the shelves of Donn’s home. This is just from 2 images, one in Encino and the other his Waikiki home. I was interested in carvings and Oceanic Art. It then dawned on me there were books and records. I...
