Dining room at Clifton's Pacific Seas, Los Angeles, circa 1939
- Subjects
- InteriorsRestaurants & Taverns
- Card type
- Real photo
- Date
- c. 1939 (Linen)
About this postcard
The photograph shows the dining room of Clifton's Pacific Seas, a downtown Los Angeles cafeteria dressed as a South Seas grotto. Tables with white cloths and curved chairs sit beneath a large thatched umbrella and palm fronds, with bamboo fencing and a floral mural along the walls. The card's caption greets visitors with "Aloha" and places the cafeteria at Sixth and Olive. Clifton's Pacific Seas was one of Clifford Clinton's themed cafeterias, opened in 1939, where tropical scenery turned an ordinary lunchroom into an exotic escape.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Condition | Very good |
|---|---|
| Place depicted | Clifton's Pacific Seas, Olive at Sixth, Los Angeles, CA |
| Place mentioned | Los Angeles, CA |
| Notes | White border; black-and-white photograph; printed caption in bottom margin. No postmark. Divided-back real-photo postcard with EK (Eastman Kodak) stamp box; glossy surface, white border; pencil dealer/price marks in the correspondence panel, no correspondence written. |
Cite this card
Dining room at Clifton's Pacific Seas, Los Angeles, circa 1939, postcard, c. 1939. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/dining-room-at-cliftons-pacific-seas-los-angeles-circa-1939. Accessed November 2, 2026.