Arkiva Tropika is the online archive of the collection of Mimi Payne. This large collection includes a wide array of mostly pre-1970 menus, postcards, matchbooks, and paper ephemera souvenir items, mainly from Polynesian and other Exotic themed restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bars, and the like.

Mimi can be contacted at aloha@
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table card from China Trader - Toluca Lake, CA

Item added on February 1, 2008, 7:54 AM
Latest picture added on February 1, 2008, 7:59 AM

The China Trader was located at 4200 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, CA. It was the local after-work spot for the cast and crew of the Hawaiian Eye tv show in the 1960's.

1960's table card, Hawaiian Eye drink ad

Tags: bar advertisement, California, cocktail, hula girl, illustration, palm trees, table card

1960's table card, Mai Tai drink ad

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1960's table card, inside view

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