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 | Oct 17, 2021 | Donn's History, Locations, WWII
There are various pages, some hand written, some typed, of notes by Donn on his life. The hand written ones are very slap-dash stuff that was only meant to jog his memory. Being notes written for himself, they are often completely unreadable. His writing his barely...
