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October 31, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 1, 1886

This Day in Manka Bros History – November 1, 1886:

Harry Manka, the youngest of the Manka brothers and father to current Chairman and CEO Khan Manka, Jr., is born in Yambol, Bulgaria.

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August 25, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 24, 1972

This Day in Manka Bros History – August 24, 1972:

For studio co-founder Harry Manka’s 90th birthday, the town of his birth (Yambol, Bulgaria) is renamed ‘Mankagrad.’ After his death in 1976, it is renamed ‘Yambol.’

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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 20, 1958

This Day in Manka Bros. History – June 20, 1958:

The Bulgarian shack where the Mankewitz (Manka) brothers were born is moved from the original dirt patch in Yambol, Bulgaria, to the Manka Bros. studio lot in Burbank.

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June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 9, 1923

This Date in Manka Bros history June 9, 1923:

Khan Manka (Sr.) marries his younger brother Harry’s fiancée – Miss Bulgaria 1921, Irina Borislava.

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Miss Bulgaria 1921 – Irina Borislava Manka

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May 26, 2023June 1, 2023

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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