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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menu from Kapiolani Drive Inn - Waikiki, Hawaii

Item added on February 12, 2007, 9:41 PM
Latest picture added on February 12, 2007, 9:56 PM

Kapiolani Drive Inn first opened in the 1920's. This menu is from the 1940's, and features fountain specials, dinners, and sandwiches, which were delivered via carhop service.

1940's menu, front cover

Tags: drive-in, hawaii, illustration, menu

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