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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 6, 1954

This Date in Manka Bros history June 6, 1954:

 

To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of D-Day, Harry Manka stages a reenactment of the Normandy Invasion on the beach near his Malibu house using studio employees.

 

 

D-Day Reenactment – Malibu – June 6, 1954

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This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 27, 1932

This Date in Manka Bros Studio history May 27, 1932:

 

After the huge financial success of the Bulgarian juggling comedy ‘The Brothers Kielbasa,’ Khan Manka (Sr.) buys a 300 room, 100,000 square foot mansion on Long Island’s North Shore – dubbed ‘Kasa Kielbasa’

 

He would occasionally stay in the house whenever he had to visit the New York office.

 

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‘Kasa Kielbasa’
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 26, 1939

This Date in Manka Bros Studio history May 26, 1939:

 

King Boris III of Bulgaria visits Manka Bros. and has lunch with co-founder Simeon Manka.

 

The Manka brothers were, of course, born and raised in Bulgaria, coming to America in the early 1900s as teenagers.

 

No photographers were allowed in the room or at the studio at any time during the King’s visit, only a sketch artist.

 

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King Boris III of Bulgaria meets Simeon Manka of Manka Bros. Studios

 

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