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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2010-08-09 4:29 pm Permalink
Silverline,
Great postcard, never seen that one before. In addition to the great mural, it looks like leopard print fabric on the booths.
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SilverLine
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Joined: Mar 02, 2004
Posts: 608
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2010-08-09 7:25 pm Permalink
Now that I really look this card over, I'm pretty sure it isn't a postcard. It measures 9"x4" and has nothing on the back. This may be more of a promotional card given to guests at the hotel. It mentions the "New Look Now" but there's no date information anywhere. Oh well, such is the case of historical research; often more questions are created with each one answered.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-09 7:49 pm Permalink
I picked up a swizzle set from the Hotel Phillips.
One hula girl swizzle from the Tropics
And one Cabarello swizzle from the Mexican themed Cabana room.
Cool swizzles.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-14 11:23 am Permalink
Here is a postcard menu from my collection from the Tropics at the Hotel Phillips.
Some fun drink imagery from the around the world...
and the South Seas
DC
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kraken
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2011
Posts: 53
From: SF Bay area
| Posted: 2012-10-14 4:58 pm Permalink
So San Francisco's beloved Tonga Room did not
have a monopoly on simulated thunderstorms.
I wonder where The Tropics put the rainfall, since
I did not see a water feature in the photos? Or
perhaps it was just lightning flashes and sound
effects? Does anyone know?
Come to think of it, does anyone know of any other
tiki or tropical bars that simulate thunderstorms?
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2401
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-10-14 5:11 pm Permalink
Sure, The Mai Kai, Bob Brook's 7 Seas in Hollywood and the Original Don The Beachcomber in Hollywood. Sadly the Mai Kai and the Tonga Room are the only ones still storming it up.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-14 9:17 pm Permalink
There were lots of places that used the rain on the roof theme. As far as I, Donn invented it as depicted in this article:
"Then he opened a new style of restaurant, gambling that in those Depression years diners would enjoy spending a few hours in a South Seas fantasy world, amid tiki carvings, thatched roofs, bamboo furniture and rain falling on the roof.
He graciously supplied the rain, produced from a garden hose, theorizing that drinkers tended to hang around for another round if it was pouring outside."
Others that advertised the rain on the roof:
Tropics, Detroit
7 Seas, San Francisco
Tahiti, Santa Monica
South Seas, San Diego
South Seas, Lincolnwood
Pago Pago, Long Beach
DC
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