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In this installment i am featuring Tea Rooms of the 20th Century for which business cards, advertisements, or signage exist, but for which i have not (yet) found postcards. | In this installment i am featuring Tea Rooms of the 20th Century for which business cards, advertisements, or signage exist, but for which i have not (yet) found postcards. | ||
- | Thanks to you, my Patrons, this page has made it to the web. In a year it will be made public and the business cards will eventually be folded into my page on [[Vintage_Tea_Room_Business_Cards| | + | Thanks to you, my Patrons, this page has made it to the web. In a year it will be made public and the business cards will eventually be folded into my page on [[Vintage_Tea_Room_Business_Cards|Vintage Tea Room Business Cards by state and city]]. |
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=== Duluth, Minnesota === | === Duluth, Minnesota === | ||
- | [[File:Burgetta-Moes-Tea-Room-Duluth-Minnesota-1930s-Business-card.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Burgetta Moe's Tea Room in the Devonshire Apartments, Fourteenth Avenue East and First Street, Duluh. Phone Hemlocj 5000. A Restful Tea Room in the Residence District. Home Cooked Foods Attractively Served. Breakfast, Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner." According to the Zenith City Press, "Burgetta Moe’s Tea Room operated as part of her Coolshanagh Inn at 742 1/2 East Superior Street -- the eastern portion of the Hartley Building -- beginning in 1921. The food was prepared 'as only Miss Moe knows,' and was famous for its roast chicken dinner. The tea house only opened for daily lunches and Sunday meals, served from noon to 2:30 pm. Today Patrick D. Francisco & Associates, a financial advising firm, operates from Miss Moe’s former location."]] | + | [[File:Burgetta-Moes-Tea-Room-Duluth-Minnesota-1930s-Business-card.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Burgetta Moe's Tea Room in the Devonshire Apartments, Fourteenth Avenue East and First Street, Duluh. Phone Hemlocj 5000. A Restful Tea Room in the Residence District. Home Cooked Foods Attractively Served. Breakfast, Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner." According to the Zenith City Press, "Burgetta Moe’s Tea Room operated as part of her Coolshanagh Inn at 742 1/2 East Superior Street -- the eastern portion of the Hartley Building -- beginning in 1921. The food was prepared 'as only Miss Moe knows,' and was famous for its roast chicken dinner. The tea house only opened for daily lunches and Sunday meals, served from noon to 2:30 pm. Today Patrick D. Francisco & Associates, a financial advising firm, operates from Miss Moe’s former location." ]] |
- | [[File:Atlas-Candy-and-Tea-Room-Duluth-MN-front.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Compliments: -- ATLAS TEA ROOMS, 124-125 W. First Street, Duluth, Minnesota. "The finest and most up to date Tea Room in the Northwest. We serve the best home-cooked food in the city of Duluth. The best in pastries and courteous service. It's a pleasure for us to serve you, and you will find there is no better place to eat. Our Fountain is a place where you can enjoy a real drink or the best in Ice Cream. Come in and try one of our Specials. Our candies are made by us daily and are the best quality that can be made anywhere. A box of our Chocolates or other candy will be a treat to any lover of pure candies. ATLAS TEA ROOMS." According to the Zenith City Press, the Atlas Tea Room opened on December 20, 1922, offering a “full line of homemade candy, pastry, ice cream, and lunches.” An unknown woman wrote on this business card, "Lilac are just out here -- woods are lovely. We eat here -- 'We' means the 'Compton Advisors' as we are called (a party of 12 ladies)." | + | [[File:Atlas-Candy-and-Tea-Room-Duluth-MN-front.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Compliments: -- ATLAS TEA ROOMS, 124-125 W. First Street, Duluth, Minnesota. "The finest and most up to date Tea Room in the Northwest. We serve the best home-cooked food in the city of Duluth. The best in pastries and courteous service. It's a pleasure for us to serve you, and you will find there is no better place to eat. Our Fountain is a place where you can enjoy a real drink or the best in Ice Cream. Come in and try one of our Specials. Our candies are made by us daily and are the best quality that can be made anywhere. A box of our Chocolates or other candy will be a treat to any lover of pure candies. ATLAS TEA ROOMS." According to the Zenith City Press, the Atlas Tea Room opened on December 20, 1922, offering a “full line of homemade candy, pastry, ice cream, and lunches.” An unknown woman wrote on this business card, "Lilac are just out here -- woods are lovely. We eat here -- 'We' means the 'Compton Advisors' as we are called (a party of 12 ladies)." For a view of the interior of this tea room, see [[Minnesota Tea Rooms]]. ]] |
[[File:Atlas-Candy-and-Tea-Room-Creamer-Duluth-MN-side.jpg|center|600px|thumb|A restaurant ware china creamer from the Atlas Candy and Tea Rooms, Duluth, Minnesota. I like to think that one of the "Compton Advisors" used it to add cream to her tea.]] | [[File:Atlas-Candy-and-Tea-Room-Creamer-Duluth-MN-side.jpg|center|600px|thumb|A restaurant ware china creamer from the Atlas Candy and Tea Rooms, Duluth, Minnesota. I like to think that one of the "Compton Advisors" used it to add cream to her tea.]] |
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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: October 14th, 2022.
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Today's topic is again Tea Rooms by Location. These are old postcards, and each one has a caption explaining it, and some have 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
- The Mystic Tea Room
- Tea Room History
- Tea Room Business Cards
- Tea Room Postcards
- How To Read Tea Leaves
Gone But Not Forgotten
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.
In this installment i am featuring Tea Rooms of the 20th Century for which business cards, advertisements, or signage exist, but for which i have not (yet) found postcards.
Thanks to you, my Patrons, this page has made it to the web. In a year it will be made public and the business cards will eventually be folded into my page on Vintage Tea Room Business Cards by state and city.
Indiana Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Mishawaka, Indiana
Maine Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Gray, Maine
West Jonesport, Maine
Massachusetts Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Bernardston, Massachusetts
Minnesota Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Duluth, Minnesota
New York Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
New York City, New York
Pennsylvania Tea Room Business Cards and Advertisements
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
See Also
- Tea Rooms
- Tea Room History
- Vintage Tea Room Postcards
- Vintage Tea Room Business Cards
- Vintage Tea Room Matchbook Covers
- Dating Tea Room Postcards
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