View source for Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services

Tea rooms, restaurants, and cafes may offer free tea leaf readings and other fortune telling services to their customers. Their announcements of these services can be found on business cards, newspaper print advertisements, postcards, and matchbook covers.

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File:Gypsy-tea-kettle-match-2c.jpg|1940s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
File:Advertisement-Gypsy-Tea-Kettle-NYC-Black-and-White.jpg|Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
File:Gypsy-tea-kettle-match-4c.jpg|1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
File:Gypsy-tea-kettle-professor-punditjee.jpg|Advertisement for Prof. Punditjee, who read palms at the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
File:Kansas city egyptian tea 25887.jpg|1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri, front
File:Egyptian-Tea-Room-Kansas-City-Missouri-Don-Luis-Ad.jpg|Advertisement for Don Luis, the Boy Who Sees Tomorrow, reading at the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri, 
File:Gypsy-Tea-Shop.-matchbook-interior.jpg|1930s Matchbook for The Gypsy Tea Shop in Denver, Colorado
File:T pa pittsburgh gypsy tea 226332.jpg|1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, front
File:T pa pittsburgh gypsy tea 22633.jpg|1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, back
File:Matchbook-chicago-new-temple-of-fortune-tea-room-36-w-randolph.jpg|Matchbook cover for the New Temple of Fortune Tea Room in Chicago, Illinois
File:Spanish-Court-Tea-Room-Madame-Evelyn-Advertisement.jpg|Advertisement for lunch and a reading with Madame Evelyn at the Spanish Court Tea Room
File:Wishing-cup-business-card.jpg|1930s business card for Ross, formerly of the Gypsy Tea Shop, now reading at the Wishing Cup in Boston, Massachusetts
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<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent
<br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i>

==See Also==

* [[Tea Leaf Symbols in Art]]
* [[Tea Leaf Reading in Art]]
* [[Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services]]
* [http://www.mystictearoom.com/lamadama.html Harry Roseland's Fortune Teller Art]
* [[Tea Company Booklets|Tea Company Booklet Art]]
* [[The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art]]

[[Category:Tea Leaf Art]]