• Fun Times at the Tiki Kai on Route 66

    Thursday 2nd November 2006 - 8:58:06 PM
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    The Tiki Kai in Albuquerque from Modern Man magazine July 1966. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get the customers into your joint.

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    Uh, yeah, where is his attention… Not on that great tiki lamp!

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    The middle image is the gals “keeping the owner happy.”

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    Hey, is that a Barney West tiki? It’s definitely an OMC Surfer Girl mug!

    UPDATE: I loaned these magazines to Sven Kirsten, author of the Book of Tiki a while back and he has informed me that images from the magazines (another one I have not blogged) will account for two pages in his new book coming out early next year. So, consider this a tantilizing sneak preview! When can I pre-order this new book?

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