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[[File:George-Haas-and-Sons-Candy-Store-and-Soda-Fountain.jpg|center|600px|thumb|The New Tea Room of Geo. Haas and Sons was part of a complex within the Phelan Building that also included a shop selling fancy boxed candies, shown at left, and a combination ice cream parlour and soda fountain, at right. The Haas candy company ceased operations in 1940 but the original Haas candy factory and the Phelan Building still stand, and both have been designated as Historic Landmarks.]] | [[File:George-Haas-and-Sons-Candy-Store-and-Soda-Fountain.jpg|center|600px|thumb|The New Tea Room of Geo. Haas and Sons was part of a complex within the Phelan Building that also included a shop selling fancy boxed candies, shown at left, and a combination ice cream parlour and soda fountain, at right. The Haas candy company ceased operations in 1940 but the original Haas candy factory and the Phelan Building still stand, and both have been designated as Historic Landmarks.]] | ||
- | [[File:Hale-Bros-Inc-Cafe-and-Tea-Room-San-Francisco-California-postcard-front.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Hale Bros. Inc. Cafe and Tea Room, San Francisco, California. Hale Bros. was a department store chain that originated in Sacramento, California and spread throughout the region. After the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of San Francisco, Hale Bros. boasted that their new building, which was completed and opened in 1912, was the "First Store rehabilitated since the great fire." | + | [[File:Hale-Bros-Inc-Cafe-and-Tea-Room-San-Francisco-California-postcard-front.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Hale Bros. Inc. Cafe and Tea Room, San Francisco, California. Hale Bros. was a department store chain that originated in Sacramento, California, and spread throughout the region. After the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of San Francisco, Hale Bros. boasted that their new building, which was completed and opened in 1912, was the "First Store rehabilitated since the great fire." The tea room and cafe is done up in the popular Craftsman style of the period, complete with potted palms. The Hale Brothers Department Store building still stands at the corner of Market Street and Fifth, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.]] |
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+ | [[File:Hee-Jan-and-Co-Chinese-Restaurant-and-Tea-Garden-San-Francisco.jpg|center|400px|thumb|Hee Jan and Co. Chinese Restaurant and Tea Garden, San Francisco, California. One of many elaborate Cantonese-style buildings in San Francisco, this establishment also boasted a rather unexpected moving picture house on the ground floor. The advertised Kinetoscope was a one-person peep-hole viewer, not a projector. Introduced to the public in 1895, Kinetoscope Parlours were rooms filled with these machines, in which operators stood by to assist the customers in viewing short films that were accompanied by sounds played on synchronized photograph disks. The advent of film projection brought an end to the Kinetoscope in 1914, this giving us a date-range for this postcard. The text on the back identifies the card as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad series "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders."]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Laurel-Court-Tea-Room-Fairmont-Hotel-San-Fancisco-CA-postcard-interior-front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Laurel Court Tea Room, within the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California; published by Edward Mitchell, circa 1910. The potted palms, faux garden trellises, faux marble Ionic pillars, white table linens, crystal chandelier, and beaux-arts iron work spiral staircase mark this as a luxury tea room for the very well-to-do.]] <!--[[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:Laurel-Court-Restaurant-Fairmont-Hotel-2023-08-10.jpg|center|thumb|600px|The Laurel Court Tea Room, renamed the Laurel Court Restaurant, is still a part of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California, as this photo from 2023 reveals. Gone are the potted palms, white table linens, crystal chandelier, and faux garden trellises, but the faux marble Ionic pillars still stand tall, the beaux-arts iron work staircase continues to spiral around, and the overall atmosphere is still as gilded as it was in 1910.]] | ||
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[[File:Nanking-Tea-Room-Fook-Woh-Co-San-Franncisco-CA-exterior-postcard-front-1910s.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Nanking Tea Room, Fook Woh Co., San Francisco, California, exterior, postcard front. The card dates from 1908 - 1910. It has a divided back, was not postally used, and the vehicles include a street car, an open roadster, and two horse-drawn wagons. Other versions of this card exist, some with no surprinting in the sky area and some with the name Nanking in block letters rather than a script font. The building was erected after the 1906 earthquake and fire. It still exists and now houses a bank.]] | [[File:Nanking-Tea-Room-Fook-Woh-Co-San-Franncisco-CA-exterior-postcard-front-1910s.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Nanking Tea Room, Fook Woh Co., San Francisco, California, exterior, postcard front. The card dates from 1908 - 1910. It has a divided back, was not postally used, and the vehicles include a street car, an open roadster, and two horse-drawn wagons. Other versions of this card exist, some with no surprinting in the sky area and some with the name Nanking in block letters rather than a script font. The building was erected after the 1906 earthquake and fire. It still exists and now houses a bank.]] | ||
== Santa Rosa, California == | == Santa Rosa, California == | ||
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[[File:Tudor-Rose-English-Tea-Room-Santa-Rosa-CA-interior-online-photo-2020.jpg|center|600px|thumb|The Tudor Rose English Tea Room in Santa Rosa, California, from an online photo taken in 2020. The Tudor Rose Tea Room was founded in 2013 by Angela Grant, a native of Wallasey, Merseyside, England, a town across the Mersey River from Liverpool. The ambience and menus were British, with an emphasis on high tea and themed tea parties for special occasions.]] | [[File:Tudor-Rose-English-Tea-Room-Santa-Rosa-CA-interior-online-photo-2020.jpg|center|600px|thumb|The Tudor Rose English Tea Room in Santa Rosa, California, from an online photo taken in 2020. The Tudor Rose Tea Room was founded in 2013 by Angela Grant, a native of Wallasey, Merseyside, England, a town across the Mersey River from Liverpool. The ambience and menus were British, with an emphasis on high tea and themed tea parties for special occasions.]] |
Latest revision as of 01:34, 23 January 2024
California State Tea Room Gallery, in alphabetical order by name of city or town.
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.
- Patreon Release Date: November 28th, 2022.
- Public Release Date: November 28th, 2023.
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And once again we return to the theme of Tea Rooms by Location. These are old postcards, and each one has a caption explaining it, with some additional text. 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.
To place this work in context, please read the following introductory pages
Contents |
Buena Park, California
Hollywood
Long Beach, California
Los Angeles, California
]Oakland, California
Pacific Grove, California
Pasadena, California
San Francisco, California
Santa Rosa, California
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room