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.

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luncheon menu from Terrace Room, Hotel Laguna - Laguna Beach, CA

Item added on December 31, 2009, 4:26 PM
Latest picture added on December 31, 2009, 4:28 PM

The Hotel Laguna is still open today, and is located at 425 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach.

Its the oldest hotel in Laguna, first built in 1888, then reconstructed in the Mission Revival style in 1930. This Terrace Room luncheon menu, with a great stylized underwater illustration on the cover, dates from the 1950's.

More history on the Hotel Laguna can be found here

1950's luncheon menu, front cover

Tags: California, coral, fish, hotel, illustration, menu, seahorse, starfish

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