Penn Hills Resort was a honeymoon resort located in Analomink, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains. Founded as a tavern in 1944, the resort grew in the 1960s, with over a hundred rooms in the hotel and a ski resort and golf course on the 500-acre site. Guest villas featured floor-to-ceiling carpeting, round beds, and heart-shaped bathtubs. Distinctive, modernist streetlights from the 1964 World's Fair were installed, as well as an ice rink and a wedding bell shaped outdoor swimming pool. some suites famously featured a Champagne glass Bathtub.
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eattle’s Cirque Playhouse forged a special place in Northwest history during its three decades of almost-continuous operation. Founded and led by Gene Keene (1919-1988), the Cirque staged hundreds of different shows between 1950 and 1981. The Cirque filled a certain cultural void in the years prior to the existence of other resident groups. Because of declining attendance. From 1971 to 1981, the Cirque operated as a dinner theater.
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Vintage Ren Clare's Polynesian Village Fort Worth. Ren Clark's Polynesian Village was in the Western Hills Hotel, and was richly decorated with bamboo, tapacloth, floats, lights, thatch and peacock chairs. It had several rooms: the Tahitian Room, the Hawaiian Room, the Samoan Hut, and the Cannibal Cocktail Lounge. Its signature tiki was carved by Milan Guanko
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Irisher / Frolic Room / All Star Theatre / Chez Paree located at 139 Mason St San Francisco California. In the 1960s and 70s this was the Irisher Club and the Frolic Room.
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Reuben and Richard Odman moved their namesake “fine food” restaurant into the Dog House once Bob Murray moved out to his new and nearby location on 7th Avenue. The Odman’s Westernaire Room was one of only thirty-three cocktail lounges listed in the City Director for 1955.
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Oilzum, one of the first brand names in motor oil, has a rich history dating back to 1888 when F.W. White and H.P. Bagley established the White & Bagley Company in Worcester, Massachusetts. The goal of the company was to develop a practical and uniform quality motor oil with a long service life and good protective properties.
Fast forward to 1905, and Oilzum Motor Oil was born. White and Bagley wanted to take the risk and guesswork out of lubrication, and their hard work paid off as Oilzum became a trusted name among early motorists. The familiar Oilzum kid became a fast friend, and the brand took the motor oil industry by storm.
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The Kalua Room / Windsor Hotel was on the corner of 6th & Union, just 6 blocks away from where the Outrigger was at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Today there's a large shopping and restaurant complex on the site where the Windsor stood.
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Vintage Kona Kove Tiki Lounge
The Kona Kove Lounge was housed within the Stardust Bowl recreation center. It is unclear when it was built or closed, but it was open as late as April of 1970 as there are ads from that time for live music at the venue.
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Trader Dick's was located in the Nugget in Sparks, just outside Reno. Trader Dick's had been remodeled twice and even moved across the street once since its opening in 1958. The final incarnation of Trader Dick's featured a 6,000 gallon fish tank, and support columns for the highway ran right through the restaurant and tank. The original Trader Dick's decor, which didn't survive the remodeling, was done by Eli Hedley, grandfather of Bamboo Ben.
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Woody’s was the first chain I know of where you could get a hamburger and then carry it over to a little self-service counter stocked with ketchup, mustard, onions, pickles, salsa, barbecue sauce, etc., and do whatever you wanted to it. there were Woody’s all over California, including a wonderful one in Westwood Village, a block or three from U.C.L.A.
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Dunes Club brought gambling, celebrities to Riverside County desert
Opening in 1934, the Cathedral City venue drew stars such as Errol Flynn and Clark Gable
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Manning's sent young Clark to Seattle to open a new cafeteria, and his career progressed rapidly in 1930 he bought his first restaurant - Marie's Barbecue, in the University District. Clark's chain grew rapidly until it included restaurants in various Northwest cities.
Among the best known here: The Salad Bowl, The Red Carpet, Village Chef, Round the Clock, Twin Teepees, Little Chef, The Crabapple, Clark's Northgate, Minute Chef, Clark's Corner, two Windjammers, Dublin House, Big Top and Plaza 5.
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the Top O' The Quad" bar of The Famous Clairemont Bowl, in Clairemont California (near San Diego) it originally opened in 1957 and was torn down in 2005. Clairemont Bowl was the most popular social and entertainment destination in Clairemont. Nothing came close then and now I'm told. The Quad Room had music, dancing, and alcohol. Back in the 60's the Quad Room sold cheese pizzas for $.39 cents, and pitchers of beer
“The Clairemont Bowl was my house,” said Don Anderson. “In 1964, I had the first 300 game ever at the Clairemont Bowl. It wasn’t easy to get a 300 back then. Bowling lanes used to be wood with a lacquer finish. They were regularly oiled. Today, the lanes are urethane and can’t absorb oil. Scores and averages are higher today.”
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