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.

matchcover from Honolulu Harry's Waikiki - Chicago IL

Item added on November 6, 2009, 12:52 PM
Latest picture added on November 6, 2009, 12:57 PM

Honolulu Harry's Waikiki was located at 804 Wilson Ave in Chicago.

1955 matchcover, front cover 1

Tags: bamboo lettering, Illinois, illustration, lei, matchcover

1955 matchcover, front 2

Tags: hula girl, Illinois, illustration, matchcover, palm trees

1955 matchcover, inside view

Tags: Illinois, illustration, lei, matchcover, written description

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