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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postcard from Trader Vic's - Seattle, WA

Item added on November 7, 2006, 4:11 PM
Latest picture added on November 7, 2006, 4:13 PM

Trader Vic's was originally called the Outrigger, when it opened at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in 1948. This postcard is from the 1960's, after its name change.

1960's postcard, view of restaurant exterior & signage

Tags: building exterior, moai, outrigger, Polynesian, postcard, signage, Washington

1960's postcard, view of back with restaurant info & illustration

Tags: illustration, Polynesian, postcard, Washington, written description

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