The historic Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas, destroyed by Hurricane Ike

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On our most recent visit to Galveston December 2007, we stopped in at the Balinese Room, and met up with Colin, a worker on skates. He offered to take us on a behind the scenes tour of the Balinese Room. We're glad we did as Ike took care of destroying it. Hopefully some of the memorabilia was taken out of the place before Ike arrived. Enjoy these 3 pages of photos (scroll right to see all). We wish Galveston a speedy recovery
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view at night of Balinese Room in distance
plaque commemmorating the original seawall
front entrance
old safe
front bar area decorated for Christmas
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hallway leading to lounge
Jane Mansfield
the entrance to the lounge
inside Balinese Room sign
old blue eyes Frank Sinatra
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Frank Sinatra, Sam Mateo, and friends
The local sheriff who was denied entry to the gambling section before being shut down in the 1950s
Frank Sinatra, Sam Mateo, and friends
original lights from the 1940s
a hallway of memories