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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dinner & cocktail menu from Tapa Room, Hilton Hawaiian Village-Waikiki HI

Item added on July 31, 2010, 1:25 PM
Latest picture added on July 31, 2010, 1:29 PM

Entertainer Hilo Hattie performed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Tapa Room for over 10 years, doing 2 shows a night, 6 days a week. More info on Hilo Hattie's life and career can be found here and here. This menu dates from the 1960's.

1960's menu, front cover with Hilo Hattie

Tags: hawaii, hotel, illustration, lei, menu

1960's menu, back cover

Tags: hawaii, hotel, illustration, lei, menu

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