Vintage Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
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== Building Pages As We Go == | == Building Pages As We Go == | ||
- | This page hosts | + | This page hosts a new batch of vintage Tea Room business cards and clipped newspaper and magazine advertisements plus older batches that were released to the public on earlier dates. It is becoming a cumulative snow ball of ephemeral goodness. In this, our THIRD iteration of unfoldment, we have 40 tea rooms represented. |
Some of these establishments offer [[Having Your Fortune Told At a Tea Room|a free or paid tea leaf reading with every meal]] and some merely present as public tea rooms. They are listed alphabetically first by state and then by tea room name. Some of these tea rooms may also appear in the following sets of images: | Some of these establishments offer [[Having Your Fortune Told At a Tea Room|a free or paid tea leaf reading with every meal]] and some merely present as public tea rooms. They are listed alphabetically first by state and then by tea room name. Some of these tea rooms may also appear in the following sets of images: | ||
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You can use the site's search function (at left, in the directory bar, to search for tea room (and tea cup) names. | You can use the site's search function (at left, in the directory bar, to search for tea room (and tea cup) names. | ||
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== USA Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == USA Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
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== Idaho Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == Idaho Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
== Illinois Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == Illinois Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
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+ | === Chicago, Illinois === | ||
[[File:Ann-Sauer-tea-leaf-reader-Worlds-Fair-1933.jpg|600px|center|thumb|Ann Sauer offered the Scientific Interpretation of Tea Leaves at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair, held in Chicago, Illinois. Oddly, she did so in the German-merican Building. Germany had just passed its first anti-Jewish laws and was beginning its rapid descent into fascist aggression, a world war, and crushing defeat, but there sat Ann Sauer, snuggled up with the Bund, presenting her "only original unique reading, which has made her famous."]] | [[File:Ann-Sauer-tea-leaf-reader-Worlds-Fair-1933.jpg|600px|center|thumb|Ann Sauer offered the Scientific Interpretation of Tea Leaves at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair, held in Chicago, Illinois. Oddly, she did so in the German-merican Building. Germany had just passed its first anti-Jewish laws and was beginning its rapid descent into fascist aggression, a world war, and crushing defeat, but there sat Ann Sauer, snuggled up with the Bund, presenting her "only original unique reading, which has made her famous."]] | ||
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== Michigan Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == Michigan Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
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+ | ===Bloomfield Hills, Michigan === | ||
[[File:Devon-Gables-Tea-Room-Bloomfield-Hills-MI-Glass-Ashtray.jpg|center|600px|thumb|While not strictly a business card or magazine ad, this glass ashtray from the Devon Gables Tea Room in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, qualifies as a nice piece of tea room advertising ephemera.]] | [[File:Devon-Gables-Tea-Room-Bloomfield-Hills-MI-Glass-Ashtray.jpg|center|600px|thumb|While not strictly a business card or magazine ad, this glass ashtray from the Devon Gables Tea Room in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, qualifies as a nice piece of tea room advertising ephemera.]] | ||
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+ | ===Detroit, Michigan === | ||
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+ | [[File:Bohemian-Cave-Tea-Room-Detroit-MI-Advertisement.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Newspaper advertisement for the Bohemian Cave Tea Room in Detroit, Michigan, which offered [[Having Your Fortune Told At a Tea Room|tea leaf readings with meals]].]] | ||
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+ | ===Grand Rapids, Michigan === | ||
[[File:Devon-Gables-Tea-Room-Grand-Rapids-MI-unopened-sugar-cube-1930s-.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Private-labeled sugar cube for the Devon Gables Tea Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1930s.]] | [[File:Devon-Gables-Tea-Room-Grand-Rapids-MI-unopened-sugar-cube-1930s-.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Private-labeled sugar cube for the Devon Gables Tea Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1930s.]] | ||
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=== New York City, New York === | === New York City, New York === | ||
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+ | [[File:Gypsy-tea-kettle-professor-punditjee.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Gypsy Tea Kettle, New York City, New York, business card. Prof. Punditjee offers a free palmistry reading with meal. The Gypsy Tea Kettle had three locations in New York at this time.]] | ||
[[File:Hotel-Pennsylvania-Tea-Room-New-York-1919-Print-Ad.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Hotel Pennsylvania Tea Room, seventh Avenue, 32nd to 33rd Streets, New Your; Roy Carruthers, Manager; magazzine advertisement, mid 1920s. "Announcing the opening of Hotel Pennsylvania's Tea Room. The Tea Room of Hotel Pennsylvania offers afternoon service, tea and buffet, from 3 o'clock — except on Sundays. Music; a restful tea room of charming atmosphere; delicious tea and dainties. A ' Thé du Hour' — salad, ice cream, cakes, beverages — is seventy-five cents; service a la carte also, Lobby Floor,"]] | [[File:Hotel-Pennsylvania-Tea-Room-New-York-1919-Print-Ad.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Hotel Pennsylvania Tea Room, seventh Avenue, 32nd to 33rd Streets, New Your; Roy Carruthers, Manager; magazzine advertisement, mid 1920s. "Announcing the opening of Hotel Pennsylvania's Tea Room. The Tea Room of Hotel Pennsylvania offers afternoon service, tea and buffet, from 3 o'clock — except on Sundays. Music; a restful tea room of charming atmosphere; delicious tea and dainties. A ' Thé du Hour' — salad, ice cream, cakes, beverages — is seventy-five cents; service a la carte also, Lobby Floor,"]] | ||
[[File:Mor-Chong-Art-Shoppe-Tea-Room-New-York-NY.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Mor Chong Co. Chinese Art Shoppe and Tea Room. 227 West 52nd Street, A Few Doors from Iceland, New York City, Phone Columbus 6541." On the back of the card the name "Geo. [George] Gong" is scrawled in a bold hand, in pencil. He may have been an employee at the Art Shoppe or Chinese Tea Room. ]] | [[File:Mor-Chong-Art-Shoppe-Tea-Room-New-York-NY.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Mor Chong Co. Chinese Art Shoppe and Tea Room. 227 West 52nd Street, A Few Doors from Iceland, New York City, Phone Columbus 6541." On the back of the card the name "Geo. [George] Gong" is scrawled in a bold hand, in pencil. He may have been an employee at the Art Shoppe or Chinese Tea Room. ]] | ||
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== North Carolina Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == North Carolina Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
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[[File:Devon-Tea-Room-Swiss-Cuisine-1959-64-Montreal-Business-Card-Back.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Devon Tea Room, 1318 St. Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; A Schmid, proprietor; back of 1959 bsiness card; the rise of Brush Script, a font that made it big!.]] | [[File:Devon-Tea-Room-Swiss-Cuisine-1959-64-Montreal-Business-Card-Back.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Devon Tea Room, 1318 St. Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; A Schmid, proprietor; back of 1959 bsiness card; the rise of Brush Script, a font that made it big!.]] | ||
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- | + | === All of England and Scotland === | |
[[File:Fullers-Tea-Rooms-Sweets-Cakes-And-Chocolates-England-1921-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Fuller's Tea Rooms magazine advertisement, 1921. This chain of "Most Comfortable Tea Rooms" grew out of Fuller's Ltd., a company that provided in Sweets, Cakes, and Chocolates with "agents in all principal towns." At the time that this advertisement was published, the Fuller's outlets that featured tea room service numbered 28 in London, 5 in Liverpool, and 1 each in another 16 cities in England and Scotland, for a total of 49 locations.]] | [[File:Fullers-Tea-Rooms-Sweets-Cakes-And-Chocolates-England-1921-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Fuller's Tea Rooms magazine advertisement, 1921. This chain of "Most Comfortable Tea Rooms" grew out of Fuller's Ltd., a company that provided in Sweets, Cakes, and Chocolates with "agents in all principal towns." At the time that this advertisement was published, the Fuller's outlets that featured tea room service numbered 28 in London, 5 in Liverpool, and 1 each in another 16 cities in England and Scotland, for a total of 49 locations.]] | ||
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+ | ===Polperro, Cornwall === | ||
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+ | [[File:Saxon-Bridge-Tea-Rooms-Polperro-Cornwall-England-business-card-front-1930.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Saxon Bridge Luncheon and Tea Rooms, Polperro, Cornwall, England,was located near the Bus Terminus. The proprietress, D. Ede, offered modest prices, catered for parties, and specialized in morning coffee, hot and cold luncheons, Cornish cream teas, suppers, and Cornish cream ices." Cornish cream, also known as Devonshire cream and clotted cream, is a thick dairy product made by heating full-cream cow's milk with steam heat or in a water bath and placing it in shallow pans to slowly cool. It combines the velvety texture of crème Fraiche or Greak yoghurt with the fatty richness of butter or whipped cream.]] | ||
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+ | === Gloucester, Gloucestershire === | ||
[[Image:A-M-Latter-Jap-Tea-Rooms-Northgate-Gloucester-England-1907-advertisement.jpg|thumb|center|600px|The Jap Tea Rooms, 35, Northgate, Gloucester, England; A. M. Latter, proprietor; 1907 magazine advertisement. Like quite a few early 20th century tea rooms, this one began its existence as a confectionary or sweets shop which sold ices during the summer months and added sit-down tea service during the tea room craze. The window signage advertises Cadbury Chocolates, with a large display. The name "Jap," now considered offensive, derogatory, and disrespectful, was in 1907 little more than a shortened reference to Japan, the provenance of the type of tea being served, the other types being Chinese and Indian.]] | [[Image:A-M-Latter-Jap-Tea-Rooms-Northgate-Gloucester-England-1907-advertisement.jpg|thumb|center|600px|The Jap Tea Rooms, 35, Northgate, Gloucester, England; A. M. Latter, proprietor; 1907 magazine advertisement. Like quite a few early 20th century tea rooms, this one began its existence as a confectionary or sweets shop which sold ices during the summer months and added sit-down tea service during the tea room craze. The window signage advertises Cadbury Chocolates, with a large display. The name "Jap," now considered offensive, derogatory, and disrespectful, was in 1907 little more than a shortened reference to Japan, the provenance of the type of tea being served, the other types being Chinese and Indian.]] | ||
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+ | === Winchester, Hampshire === | ||
[[File:Norman-Palace-Tea-Rooms-Winchester-England-1913-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Norman Palace Tea Rooms, High Street, Winchester, England, magazine advertisement, 1913. This establishment offered Teas, Light Luncheons, and Home-made Cakes of all kinds, as well as Scones and Shortbread. For those so inclined, there was a Smoke Room attached.]] | [[File:Norman-Palace-Tea-Rooms-Winchester-England-1913-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Norman Palace Tea Rooms, High Street, Winchester, England, magazine advertisement, 1913. This establishment offered Teas, Light Luncheons, and Home-made Cakes of all kinds, as well as Scones and Shortbread. For those so inclined, there was a Smoke Room attached.]] | ||
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+ | ===London === | ||
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+ | [[File:Ellikan-Tea-Rooms-Crawford-St-London-England-Business-Card.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Ellikan Tea Rooms, 7 Crawford Street, W. 1, London, England; magazine advertisement. Mrs. Ellen Kreuger, proprietress offered All kinds of Swedish Bread, Cakes, and other specialties and served "Morning Coffee, Delicious Shopping Lunches, and dainty Teas." Her slogan was, "Meet your friends at Ellikans."]] | ||
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+ | ===Worthing, Sussex === | ||
[[File:Old-English-Tea-Rooms-Worthing-Sussex-England-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Old English Tea Rooms and Tudor Cake Shop above the bookshop of W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd. South Street and Montague Street, Worthing, Sussex, England; magazine advertisement, 1913. "Modern Service in a Deightful Old English Setting at the Old English Tea Rooms of W.H. Smoth and Son. When in Worthing have Lunch or Tea in these delightful Tea Rooms, which are an authentic reproduction of Tudor domestic architecture and decoration, Popular tarriff. Home-made cakes a specialty."]] | [[File:Old-English-Tea-Rooms-Worthing-Sussex-England-advertisement.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Old English Tea Rooms and Tudor Cake Shop above the bookshop of W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd. South Street and Montague Street, Worthing, Sussex, England; magazine advertisement, 1913. "Modern Service in a Deightful Old English Setting at the Old English Tea Rooms of W.H. Smoth and Son. When in Worthing have Lunch or Tea in these delightful Tea Rooms, which are an authentic reproduction of Tudor domestic architecture and decoration, Popular tarriff. Home-made cakes a specialty."]] | ||
- | + | == Ireland Business Cards and Advertisements == | |
- | === Ireland | + | ===Dublin, Ireland === |
[[File:Suffrage Tea Room-clean.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Suffrage Tea Room, Dublin, Ireland, advertisement.]] | [[File:Suffrage Tea Room-clean.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Suffrage Tea Room, Dublin, Ireland, advertisement.]] | ||
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== Europe Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | == Europe Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements == | ||
- | + | == Switzerland Business Cards and Advertisements == | |
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+ | ===Locarno, Switzerland === | ||
[[File:Kunzi-Cafe-Tea-Room-Locarno-Switzerland-postcard-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Kunzi Cafe Tea Room, Locarno, Switzerland, oversized linen business card, 1940s. Printed like a oversized linen-finish postcard, this is non-mailable, so it must be considered a very large business card.]] | [[File:Kunzi-Cafe-Tea-Room-Locarno-Switzerland-postcard-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Kunzi Cafe Tea Room, Locarno, Switzerland, oversized linen business card, 1940s. Printed like a oversized linen-finish postcard, this is non-mailable, so it must be considered a very large business card.]] | ||
[[File:Kunzi-Cafe-Tea-Room-Locarno-Switzerland-postcard-back.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Kunzi Cafe Tea Room, Locarno, Switzerland, oversized business card, back.]] | [[File:Kunzi-Cafe-Tea-Room-Locarno-Switzerland-postcard-back.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Kunzi Cafe Tea Room, Locarno, Switzerland, oversized business card, back.]] | ||
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== Acknowledgements === | == Acknowledgements === | ||
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* '''[[Dating Tea Room Postcards]]''' | * '''[[Dating Tea Room Postcards]]''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:45, 8 February 2024
In this installment of "From the Land of Tea," we take a sneak-peek look at an upcoming page that will eventually be on display to the public. As a Patreon supporter, you have access to the page one full year before the public does.
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Today's topic is again Tea Rooms by Location. These are old business cards, and each one has a caption explaining it. These images will eventually be on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site. As a Patreon supporter, you have access to them one full year before the public does.
Vintage postcards depicting early to mid 20th century tea rooms are not excruciatingly difficult to acquire. Search the online auctions and postcard dealer sites and and you will soon get started on a a nice little collection. But try to collect business cards from tea rooms of the same time period and you will run into a brick wall. They are hard to find, no doubt about it.
To place this work in context, please read the following introductory pages
- The Mystic Tea Room
- Tea Room History
- Tea Room Business Cards
- Tea Room Postcards
- How To Read Tea Leaves
Building Pages As We Go
This page hosts a new batch of vintage Tea Room business cards and clipped newspaper and magazine advertisements plus older batches that were released to the public on earlier dates. It is becoming a cumulative snow ball of ephemeral goodness. In this, our THIRD iteration of unfoldment, we have 40 tea rooms represented.
Some of these establishments offer a free or paid tea leaf reading with every meal and some merely present as public tea rooms. They are listed alphabetically first by state and then by tea room name. Some of these tea rooms may also appear in the following sets of images:
- Vintage Tea Room Postcards: These are sorted by state or nation; one page per state or non-USA nation.
- Vintage Tea Room Menus: These are listed on one page, alphabetical first by state and then by tea room name
- Vintage Tea Room Business Cards: These are listed on one page, alphabetical first by state and then by tea room name
- Vintage Tea Room Matchbook Covers: These are listed on one page, alphabetical first by state and then by tea room name
You can use the site's search function (at left, in the directory bar, to search for tea room (and tea cup) names.
If the number of business cards grows too great for one page, they will be broken out into individual state lists, as with the Vintage Tea Room Postcards.
USA Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Alabama Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Alaska Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Arizona Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Arkansas Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
California Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Colorado Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Connecticut Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
London, Connecticut
Delaware Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Florida Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Georgia Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Hawaii Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Idaho Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Illinois Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Chicago, Illinois
Indiana Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Gary, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana
Iowa Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Iowa City, Iowa
Kansas Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Kentucky Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Smith's Grove, Kentucky
Louisiana Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Maine Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Gray, Maine
West Jonesport, Maine
Maryland Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Massachusetts Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Bernardston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
Michigan Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Minnesota Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Duluth, Minnesota
Mississippi Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Missouri Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Kansas City, Missouri
Montana Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Nebraska Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Nevada Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
New Hampshire Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Hillsboro. New Hampshire
New Jersey Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
New Mexico Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
New York Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Buffalo, New York
Homer, New York
New York City, New York
North Carolina Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
North Dakota Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Ohio Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Oklahoma Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Oregon Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Pennsylvania Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
South Carolina Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
South Dakota Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Tennessee Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Gatinburg, Tennessee
Texas Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Utah Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Vermont Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Burlington, Vermont
Virginia Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Washington Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
West Virginia Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Wisconsin Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Wyoming Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Unknown Location, USA
British Commonwealth Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Australia Business Cards and Advertisements
Canada Business Cards and Advertisements
Alberta Business Cards and Advertisements
Calgary, Alberta
Quebec Business Cards and Advertisements
Montreal, Quebec
England Business Cards and Advertisements
All of England and Scotland
Cornwall
Polperro, Cornwall
Gloucestershire
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Winchester, Hampshire
London
London
Sussex
Worthing, Sussex
Ireland Business Cards and Advertisements
Dublin, Ireland
Scotland Business Cards and Advertisements
Europe Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Switzerland Business Cards and Advertisements
Locarno, Switzerland
Acknowledgements =
Thanks, as always, to dear nagasiva yronwode for help with scan clean-ups and social media.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
See Also
- Tea Rooms
- Tea Room History
- Having Your Fortune Told At a Tea Room
- Vintage Tea Room Postcards
- Vintage Tea Room Business Cards
- Vintage Tea Room Matchbook Covers
- Dating Tea Room Postcards