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@
arkivatropika.com.

souvenir photo folder from Chi-Chi Starlite Room - Palm Springs, CA

Item added on August 10, 2009, 4:03 PM
Latest picture added on October 13, 2009, 5:04 PM

The Starlite Room was located at 217 N. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.

A brief history on the Starlite Room can be found here:

Chi-Chi article in 2005 Palm Springs Life

and here:

Chi-Chi article in 2007 Press-Enterprise

1961 souvenir photo folder, front cover

Tags: building exterior, California, illustration, night club, souvenir photo folder

1961 souvenir photo folder, inside view

Tags: California, night club, restaurant interior, souvenir photo folder

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