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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matchcover from South Seas - Lincolnwood, IL

Item added on January 3, 2010, 8:26 AM
Latest picture added on January 3, 2010, 8:31 AM

The South Seas was located at the corder of Lincoln & Pratt Aves in Lincolnwood, IL. This matchcover dates from the 1940's.

1940's matchcover, front view 1

Tags: guitar, Illinois, illustration, matchcover, palm trees

1940's matchcover, front view 2

Tags: hula girl, Illinois, illustration, matchcover, palm trees

1940's matchcover, inside view

Tags: Illinois, matchcover, written description

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