Vintage Tea Room Postcards
From Mystic Tea Room
The rise of the tea room movement happened to coincide with the the postcard craze, which was in full flower from 1905 until World War One. Even after the wanng popularity of postcards set in during the 1920s, manny tea rooms found that mailing cards were an inexpensive way to boost their business.
Postcard stamps only cost one cent back then, so in some some tea rooms, when you sat down to order, a pre-stamped postcard of where you were seated accompanied the menu, and you were encouraged to write a message and mail it to a friend. Thus, today's postcard collectors find many tea room cards with messages on the back that read something like, "Hello, Edith. We found this wonderful little place — maybe you can come along next time and we will stop here to eat. The viw is lovely. — Mabel"
On this site you will find many, many interior and exterior views of quaint, old-fashioned tea rooms. Read about Tea Room History here, and look for the places themselves alphabetically, by State or Nation.
Please note that as we build this site, not every state will have a tea room. Watch us grow!
United States Tea Rooms
- Alabama Tea Rooms
- Alaska Tea Rooms
- Arizona Tea Rooms
- Arkansas Tea Rooms
- California Tea Rooms
- Colorado Tea Rooms
- Connecticut Tea Rooms
- Delaware Tea Rooms
- Florida Tea Rooms
- Georgia Tea Rooms
- Hawaii Tea Rooms
- Idaho Tea Rooms
- Illinois Tea Rooms
- Indiana Tea Rooms
- Iowa Tea Rooms
- Kansas Tea Rooms
- Kentucky Tea Rooms
- Louisiana Tea Rooms
- Maine Tea Rooms
- Maryland Tea Rooms
- Massachusetts Tea Rooms
- Michigan Tea Rooms
- Minnesota Tea Rooms
- Mississippi Tea Rooms
- Missouri Tea Rooms
- Montana Tea Rooms
- Nebraska Tea Rooms
- Nevada Tea Rooms
- New Hampshire Tea Rooms
- New Jersey Tea Rooms
- New Mexico Tea Rooms
- New York Tea Rooms
- North Carolina Tea Rooms
- North Dakota Tea Rooms
- Ohio Tea Rooms
- Oklahoma Tea Rooms
- Oregon Tea Rooms
- Pennsylvania Tea Rooms
- Rhode Island Tea Rooms
- South Carolina Tea Rooms
- South Dakota Tea Rooms
- Tennessee Tea Rooms
- Texas Tea Rooms
- Utah Tea Rooms
- Vermont Tea Rooms
- Virginia Tea Rooms
- Washington Tea Rooms
- West Virginia Tea Rooms
- Wisconsin Tea Rooms
- Wyoming Tea Rooms
