The Polynesian craze swept America in the 1950s. With the 1959 publication of James A. Michener’s “Hawaii,” movies and Broadway musicals like “South Pacific” and “The King & I,” Tiki gods and other South Seas decor were soon found in bamboo bars and Trader Vics, a restaurant franchise still found in Chicago, Los Angeles, and other locations.
Marwal Industries, Inc. offered a wide variety of plaster of Paris statuary, among which were several variations of head and shoulder busts of Polynesian/Hawaiian woman/girls and men/boys until the late 1960s.
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bouffant hair,style,retro,vintage
I can get a little distracted at times, and at other times I just forget to log on to this account because, no lie, I have three. =(
Tonight I purchased a length of false hair and some hairnets and I’m going to make myself a puffy thing to sneak inside my beehive for MASSIVE GAINS!!!! I will document the process for history and post it up here. I will also try to get my queue up and running again.
1963 Bedford CA Dormobile by Albert S. Bite on Flickr.