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.

souvenir photo folder from Zamboanga - Los Angeles, CA

Item added on October 22, 2009, 11:29 AM
Latest picture added on October 22, 2009, 11:32 AM

The Zamboanga was located at 3828 Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles. It was one of three South Seas themed nightclubs owned by Joe Chastek ( the other 2 being the the Vagabond's House & the Tradewinds, also in Los Angeles).

More info on the Zamboanga & its owner can be found on Tiki Central here

1940's souvenir photo folder, front cover

Tags: bamboo lettering, California, illustration, monkey, night club, palm trees, souvenir photo folder

1940's souvenir photo folder, inside view

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