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Vintage Hawaii Slides
Vintage Hawaii Slides
A few more of the commercial slides. You can see a big difference in color in some of these as they had become very red with age. Photoshop corrected them a lot, but they are not quite right.
Vintage Hawaii Slides
Okay, a few more. These are from a batch of commercial slides for the tourists.
Mai Kai Mystery Lady Anne Campbell
I have been corresponding with former Mai Kai Mystery Lady Anne Campbell lately. Once again I cannot stress enough the importance of getting everything we can on the Internet so the generation who remembers can find it and share with us. It was thanks to my Mai Kai calendar posts that she found me.Unfortunately, a lot of her photos and memorabilia from that time was destroyed by a varmit infestation while they were in storage. One piece she sent me really stood out to me. I had read and was told that Bob Thornton inspected the Mai Kai gals on a regular basis and even the future Mrs. Thornton was kicked off the squad for being a bit pudgy. Well, here is a bit of proof. A letter from 1965 from Bob congratulating her for being top gal, and reminding her to keep her weigh under 125…
Caliente Tropics Tikis
Moon Islander, South Titusville, FL
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #54
Tuai is Miss December 1973 in the 1974 calendar. A bonus!Sponsored by Tiki Daze - The only calendar worthy of your tiki bar, or cubicle!
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #53
Something very modern looking about Kelli, Miss December 1974.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #52
Pamela is Miss November 1974. I think this is what is now the gift shop.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #51
Karen is Miss October 1974.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #50
Liva is shakin it for September 1974.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #49
Patti is Miss August 1974. This is the lovely lady’s room at the Mai Kai. Mmmm. That hair just gets me. That’s not your typical 1974 style.Sponsored by Tiki Daze - The only calendar worthy of your tiki bar, or cubicle!
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #48
Susan is Miss July 1974,
“When the gong sounds, the ritual begins. There’s a hush throughout the room. What follows is something very special. Between you, your soul and the Mystery Girl.”
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #47
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #46
Um, Miss May 1974 is Linda, and there appears to be flames coming out of her… Hot!
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #45
Kainoa is Miss April 1974. We had the pleasure of Kainoa dancing in the opening ceremony for Hukilau 2004. An incredible lady. She dances with my good friend Talani’s Polynesian Proud Productions in South Florida.
Another drawing of the garden dining area.
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Pagan Magazine 1966
I had come across this cover many years ago, and this week, I finally found the magazine. As best as I can tell, it is from 1966. Maybe a bit racier than Playboy at the time and just full of pictures of girls. The tiki and the bar are apparantly owned by the same photographer who did this spread for Nylon Jungle magazine. The rest of the images in the magazine are NSFW, so, you click on the below links as you wish.
Buff Treasure - on Pleasure Island - Rare, indeed, is the day that a ship calls at the island of Secluda, so this lovely native celebrates the event.
Page 3 - She’s asking the fire god who rules over the island to provide them with rainless weather so that the passengers and crew on board the ship can come ashore to sample the island’s hospitality. The native food is delicious, the dances are delights to behold and the people are friendly children. “Pleasure Island,” it’s been called, and with good reason. With luck, perhaps some day your ship will call at this pearl of the Pacific!
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #44
It’s probably a good idea that the outrigger isn’t there now. I can definitely see Crazy Al rowing out to the waterfall at Hukilau…
Linda is Miss March 1974.
A drawing of the dining area in the gardens.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #43
Candi is Miss February. Now that’s sexy, I don’t care who you are.
A nice drawing of the show at the Mai Kai.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #42
Mireille is Miss January 1974 on stage at the Mai Kai.Sponsored by Tiki Daze - The only calendar worthy of your tiki bar, or cubicle!
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #41
When your 1974 Mai Kai calendar arrived, this was the image that greeted you on the envelope. Nice.Sponsored by Tiki Daze - The only calendar worthy of your tiki bar, or cubicle!
Mai Kai Calendar a Day #40
Gail brings up the rear as the last image for 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #39
Liva is Miss December 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #38
Sandra is Miss November 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #37
Ellen is Miss October 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #36
Joan is Miss September 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #35
Betty is Miss August 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #34
Deanna is Miss July 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #33
Mireille is Miss June 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #32
Leila is Miss May 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #31
Carol is Miss April 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #30
Andree is Miss March 1967.
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #29
Gigi is Miss February 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #28
Patti is Miss January 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #27
This starts the 1967 Mai Kai calendar. This is a front image:
Lorie is our front girl for 1967
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Mai Kai Calendar a Day #26
Charmaine is Miss D
