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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cruise line brochure from Matson Lines- CA/Hawaii/Samoa/Tahiti Cruise

Item added on December 6, 2009, 3:48 PM
Latest picture added on December 6, 2009, 3:51 PM

1941 brochure for Matson Lines' S.S. Mariposa sailing, from Los Angeles to Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Papeete. The cover imagery of this brochure inspired the Tahiti Restaurant in Santa Monica to adapt an illustrated version for their 1940s dinner menu.

1941 cruise brochure, front cover

Tags: brochure, copycat graphics, Cruise Line, hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti

1941 cruise brochure, inside spread 1

Tags: brochure, Cruise Line, hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, wahine

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