California Tea Rooms
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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-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-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, as well as fancy dolls and statuary.]] |
[[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-Interior-Postcard-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room, Los Angeles, Interior, postcard front.]] | [[File:Mary-Louise-Tea-Room-Los-Angeles-Interior-Postcard-Front.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Mary Louise Tea Room, Los Angeles, Interior, postcard front.]] |
Revision as of 18:08, 7 September 2020
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room