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Aloha from Clifton's Cafeteria Brochure Photograph Postcard Los Angeles CA Tiki

$ 33.79

Availability: 24 in stock
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Wonderful vintage ephemera lot related to Clifton's Cafeteria, a famed Los Angeles restaurant with a "Pay What you Wish" philosophy and an early Tiki-like decor. Includes four items:
    1) Aloha from Clifton's Brookdale, Pacific Seas brochure, 6 pages, folded.
    2) 5x7" Photograph of the exterior with bus that appears to be a press photo with typed copy attached to bottom, also folded
    3) 5x7" Photograph of the interior with what appears to be a little girl's birthday party, also folded in half
    4) Clifton Padific Seas linen postcard, unused
    From Wikipedia:
    Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria-style eatery in Los Angeles and the largest public cafeteria in the world when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were "kitschy and theatrical", and would eventually include multi-story fake redwood trees, stuffed lions, neon plants, and a petrified wood bar. Some considered Clifton's as a precursor to the first tiki bars. The name was created by combining "Clifford" and "Clinton" to produce "Clifton's".