From Mystic Tea Room
Tea rooms, restaurants, and cafes may offer free tea leaf readings and other fortune telling services to their customers. Their announcements of these services can be found on business cards, newspaper print advertisements, postcards, and matchbook covers.
1940s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
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Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
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1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
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Advertisement for Prof. Punditjee, who read palms at the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
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1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri, front
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Advertisement for Don Luis, the Boy Who Sees Tomorrow, reading at the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri,
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1930s Matchbook for The Gypsy Tea Shop in Denver, Colorado
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1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, front
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1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, back
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Matchbook cover for the New Temple of Fortune Tea Room in Chicago, Illinois
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Advertisement for lunch and a reading with Madame Evelyn at the Spanish Court Tea Room
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1930s business card for Ross, formerly of the Gypsy Tea Shop, now reading at the Wishing Cup in Boston, Massachusetts
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catherine yronwode
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The Mystic Tea Room
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