Sailors and soldiers grabbed virtually anything they could find with a hula girl on it (magazines, playing cards, etc.), all of which were brought back stateside after the war.

According to Collector's Weekly, the original hula girl dolls made by deLee Art Company and Hawaiian artist Julene Mechler eventually gave way to cheaper versions sometime after the war.

In the end, Hula Girl’s aloha spirit is its best asset, summed up by a sign near a lone wooden chair at the bar that honors Brennan’s late mother, LB Conway, a ’60s-era flight attendant for ...

The Hula Girl Bar & Grill will debut Friday night, a sort of valentine for lovers of Hawaiian cuisine, which one mag recently argued is the "next foodie frontier."The pop-up is expected to run ...