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Title: Clifton's "Pacific Seas" Cafeteria postcard
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1939
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Clifford Clinton, founder of the Clifton's chain, opened L.A.'s first cafeteria, The Cafeteria of the Golden Rule, on Olive Street. In 1939, Cafeteria of the Golden Rule was transformed into the Pacific Seas and redecorated in the Polynesian motif shown here. The restaurant closed in 1960 and was later razed.
This postcard gives another look at Clifton's Polynesian style dining area. A message on the postcard reads "here's where we ate our first dinner in LA."
Type: image
Format: Postcards
Identifier: 00008690
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Restaurants-Clifton's Cafeteria.
CARL0000010142
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/87438
Subject: Clinton's Restaurants Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cafeterias--California--Los Angeles
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
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