California Tea Rooms
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[[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-C-1910-Neuner-postcard-Front-2.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, 23 Mercantile Place, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910, Neuner postcard front, This shows a redecoration at The Copper Kettle, when compared to the 1909 published by the Benham Indian Trading Co. photo.]]] | [[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-C-1910-Neuner-postcard-Front-2.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, 23 Mercantile Place, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910, Neuner postcard front, This shows a redecoration at The Copper Kettle, when compared to the 1909 published by the Benham Indian Trading Co. photo.]]] | ||
[[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-Restaurant-C-1910-Neuner-postcard-Back-red-runners-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, Restaurant, circa 1910, Neuner, postcard back.]] | [[File:Copper-Kettle-Tea-Room-Restaurant-C-1910-Neuner-postcard-Back-red-runners-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Copper Kettle Tea Room, Restaurant, circa 1910, Neuner, postcard back.]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Laurel-Court-Tea-Room-1910-Postcard-Interior-Fairmont-Hotel-SF-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Laurel Court Tea Room, 1910 Postcard Interior, Fairmont Hotel, SF, postcard front]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Laurel-Court-Tea-Room-1910-Postcard-Interior-Fairmont-Hotel-SF-Back.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Laurel Court Tea Room, 1910 Postcard Interior, Fairmont Hotel, SF, postcard back]] | ||
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[[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Foyer-Los-Angeles-postcard-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room Foyer, Los Angeles, California, interior, postcard front. The Mary Louise Tea Room complex occupied a medium-sized building opposite Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles. 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 frequented the Mary Louise for casual lunches, and they could reserve rooms for club meetings or private parties, and would therefore meet in the foyer. In addition to some statuary, The Mary Louise gift shop carried quite an amazing array of fine porcelain boudoir half-dolls, as can be seen. (To those who are either curious or enthusiastic about porcelain half-dolls, all i can say is that this site is half-doll friendly, and i may write a page on half-doll tea cozies at a later date, but for the true half-doll experience, you should conduct an internet search on your own to find the motherlode of half-doll imagery and the nexi of half-doll collector conversations.) At the far end of the foyer, you can see the formal claret-coloured valances and lace curtains of the main tea room, as well a a rolling tea-cart. White drapery held up over the open entry to the tea room indicates that if it were booked for a large party or reception, it could be closed off to the public.]] | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Foyer-Los-Angeles-postcard-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room Foyer, Los Angeles, California, interior, postcard front. The Mary Louise Tea Room complex occupied a medium-sized building opposite Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles. 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 frequented the Mary Louise for casual lunches, and they could reserve rooms for club meetings or private parties, and would therefore meet in the foyer. In addition to some statuary, The Mary Louise gift shop carried quite an amazing array of fine porcelain boudoir half-dolls, as can be seen. (To those who are either curious or enthusiastic about porcelain half-dolls, all i can say is that this site is half-doll friendly, and i may write a page on half-doll tea cozies at a later date, but for the true half-doll experience, you should conduct an internet search on your own to find the motherlode of half-doll imagery and the nexi of half-doll collector conversations.) At the far end of the foyer, you can see the formal claret-coloured valances and lace curtains of the main tea room, as well a a rolling tea-cart. White drapery held up over the open entry to the tea room indicates that if it were booked for a large party or reception, it could be closed off to the public.]] |
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catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room