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Twin Peaks Prop – Grundy’s Redwood Terrace Restroom Postcard

As Sheriff Truman’s crew searches Jacques Renault’s apartment in episode 1005, Agent Cooper opens a cabinet with a variety of photos, cards and clippings affixed to the inside of the door. I recently identified another prop in Jacques’s collection from this set.

SPOTTING GRUNDY’S REDWOOD TERRACE RESTROOM POSTCARD

Agent Cooper in Jacques's Apartment
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One of the items is a vintage postcard featuring a unique outhouse on Northern California’s Redwood Highway.

Twin Peaks Prop - Grundy's Redwood Terrace Restroom Postcard
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Twin Peaks Prop - Grundy's Redwood Terrace Restroom Postcard

The linen-finished card was produced in 1936 by Curt Teich using a printing process called “C.T. Art Colortone” to colorize a black and white image.

Twin Peaks Prop - Grundy's Redwood Terrace Restroom Postcard

The giant log pictured had been hollowed out and converted into a restroom at Grundy’s Redwood Terrace, a resort with a restaurant and cocktail lounge that was located in Leggett, CA.

GRUNDY’S REDWOOD TERRACE

Grundy's Resort Ad

The resort was founded and run by Robert M. Grundy (1911-2011). Though I was unable to determine the exact dates of operation, the business would presumably have opened before the postcard was printed in 1936.

Grundy's Redwood Terrace Restroom Postcard

Funnily enough, most of the information I found on Grundy’s came from eBay listings for other post cards. You can see the souvenir shop to the right of the restroom in this image, and the next shows more of the lot with the actual Grundy’s sign.

Grundy's Redwood Terrace

According to Gene Barnett, innkeeper of the nearby Bell Glen Resort, Grundy’s cocktail lounge eventually became known as Howling Wolf and the kitschy restroom was removed sometime before 1995.

NORCAL JACQUES?

Bill Owens Photograph

You may recall that another postcard from this cabinet which I previously identified is also connected to Northern California. The image on the postcard directly above the log restroom was taken by Bay Area photographer Bill Owens at the KNBR Good Times Parade in Pleasanton, CA in 1972.

Jacques Renault
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We don’t know much about the Renault brothers’ background, but we do know that they are French Canadian. So why does Jacques have such a fascination with Northern California?

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  • Vinnie Guidera wearing a party hat, sunglasses and a Twin Peaks t-shirt.

    Vinnie Guidera is an artist, writer, and David Lynch fanatic from Sacramento, CA. In addition to Twin Peaks Blog, he has written articles for The Blue Rose Magazine, WelcomeToTwinPeaks.com, and 25YearsLaterSite.com. He identifies props and logs his collection on Instagram under the handle @twelverainbowtrout.

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