by donnbeach | Mar 27, 2021 | Donn's History, People, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archive I am assuming this is in Waikiki. This is from a negative so there is no notation or hints of any kind. He looks pretty distinctive. Someone can surely ID him.
by donnbeach | Mar 25, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, Encino Home, People
I have a number of images of “Toni” at Donn’s Encino house parties circa 1946. On none of them does it give her last name. I’m sure one of you can identify her as she was famous enough not to need her last name written down in 1946! UPDATE: The...
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 | Feb 23, 2021 | Donn's History, Entertainers, People, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Here with a nice fernwood tiki. From the Phoebe Beach Archive Mel Peterson to her right. This article mentions her as being active in hula and dance in the 40s and 50s.
