by donnbeach | Jun 19, 2021 | Donn's History, Ephemera
150 pounds of documents. It may not look like much, but it took me four and a half months to go through it to digitize it. Approximately 3800 items. About 1200 scanned images, which I mostly also Photoshopped. It was a lot of work and was literally painful. I bought a...
by donnbeach | Jun 12, 2021 | Ads, Donn's History, Waikiki Restaurant
1947 Buick Roadmaster convertible in Desert Tan. This is not Donn’s actual car. January 28, 1948
by donnbeach | Apr 30, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
1) Betty Grable When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read some, but I’ll need your help with the rest. UPDATE: That was quick! Thanks for the IDs! 2) Merle Oberon 1942 3) Harry James 4) Priscilla...
by donnbeach | Apr 24, 2021 | Donn's History
Among the Phoebe Beach Archive are the notes and writings of her late husband Arnold Bitner, who wrote a biography of Donn published in 2007. Those notes are interesting and help flesh out the story. Arnold was able to interview people who knew Donn. He has lots of...
by donnbeach | Apr 23, 2021 | Donn's History, Encino Home, Ephemera, Locations
I was scouring the background of images to see what was on the shelves of Donn’s home. This is just from 2 images, one in Encino and the other his Waikiki home. I was interested in carvings and Oceanic Art. It then dawned on me there were books and records. I...
