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[[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-1909-Postcard-Back.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, 23 Mercantile Place, Los Angeles, California, postcard back, circa 1909.]] | [[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-1909-Postcard-Back.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, 23 Mercantile Place, Los Angeles, California, postcard back, circa 1909.]] | ||
- | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles- | + | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Foyer-Los-Angeles-postcard-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room Foyer, Los Angeles, postcard front. The Mary Louise Tea Room complex occupied a medium-sized building opposite Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles, California. Within its boxy stucco exterior there were rooms furnished according to certain themes. The foyer, which also housed a gift shop, was in lush art deco style. Women used this space not only for casual lunches, but they could reserve rooms for club meetings or organized gaming, including bridge and mah-jong. The gift shop therefor carried supplies and components for those games.]] |
- | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-Interior-Postcard- | + | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-Interior-Postcard-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room, Los Angeles, Interior, postcard front.]] |
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+ | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Mah-Jong-Room-Los-Angeles-Postcard-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Mah Jong Room at the Mary Louise Tea Room complex opposite Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles, California. This flower-bedecked and East Asian accented room was reserved for parties of women who wanted to play the Chinese game of mah-jong, which requires four players. Other rooms within the Mary Louise Tea Rooms were Colonial American in decor. Note the woven rattan furnishings here, which are similar to those at the Copper Kettle Tea Room in Los Angeles, California, and at the Sun Parlor Tea Room at the Young Women's Christian Association in Dallas, [[Texas Tea Rooms|Texas]].]] | ||
<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | <i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | ||
<br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i> | <br><b>The Mystic Tea Room</b></i> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Tea Room History]] | * [[Tea Room History]] | ||
* [[Vintage Tea Room Postcards]] | * [[Vintage Tea Room Postcards]] |
Revision as of 18:07, 7 September 2020
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room