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Writer Leonard Lyons on Don the Beachcomber Waikiki 1950

Writer Leonard Lyons on Don the Beachcomber Waikiki 1950

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

Don the Beachcomber Waikiki 1954 “like a pig-killing festival in Tahiti” – Leonard...
Waikiki Don the Beachcomber Interior 1948

Waikiki Don the Beachcomber Interior 1948

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

Waikiki Don the Beachcomber Interior...
Ethel Merman at Waikiki beachcomber 1954

Ethel Merman at Waikiki beachcomber 1954

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

Ethel Merman at Waikiki beachcomber...
Vintage Don the Beachcomber Carving at La Mariana

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...
Ethel Merman and Bob Six at DtB Waikiki 1952

Ethel Merman and Bob Six at DtB Waikiki 1952

by donnbeach | Oct 15, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, Locations, People, Waikiki Restaurant

Ethel and Bob at DtB Waikiki 2-14-1952 If the date is correct, this is before they were married. Box Six was the CEO of Continental Airlines and when they married in 1953, he urged Ethel Merman to return to her career. She had just starred in “There’s No...
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