Title supplied by cataloger. Clifford Clinton, founder of the Clifton's chain, opened L.A.'s first cafeteria, The Cafeteria of the Golden Rule. In 1939, the cafeteria was transformed into the Pacific Seas and redecorated in a Polynesian motif with floral wallpaper, fake flowers and palm trees, baskets, and the Rain Hut. The restaurant, located at 618 S. Olive Street, closed in 1960 and was later razed. Dressed in a period costume, Blanche Hart stops at the well in the Garden of Meditation at Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria. She holds an amphora, or a vase with two handles.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. Photographic prints
Clinton's Restaurants Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.) Women--California--Los Angeles Cafeterias--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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