vintage travel brochures - Collecting Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Fri, May 2, 2008 5:24 PM Here is a series of airline travel menus that show: The comparative luxury of old time air travel The advent of Tiki being incorporated into the airline travel advertising. First we have an older Pan Am Menu for Hawaii. No Tiki in the graphics but my goodness check out the dinner menu. Its not like that anymore (some more nuts with your water sir?). Next is a brochure for the downstairs Hawaiian Lounge on the StratoCruiser aircraft. We can see a little bit of Tiki on the brochure cover. Now that is one swinging lounge - free drinks and smoking promoted! The last one is a menu from United Airlines Royal Hawaiian service. Now we have come full Tiki! The food is still pretty good but the Mai Tais are now $2.00 - the beginning of the end of luxury air travel! So in summary, we see an inverse trend of more Tiki and less luxury in the airline travel industry.

Here is a series of airline travel menus that show:

The comparative luxury of old time air travel
The advent of Tiki being incorporated into the airline travel advertising.

First we have an older Pan Am Menu for Hawaii. No Tiki in the graphics but my goodness check out the dinner menu. Its not like that anymore (some more nuts with your water sir?).

Next is a brochure for the downstairs Hawaiian Lounge on the StratoCruiser aircraft. We can see a little bit of Tiki on the brochure cover. Now that is one swinging lounge - free drinks and smoking promoted!

The last one is a menu from United Airlines Royal Hawaiian service. Now we have come full Tiki! The food is still pretty good but the Mai Tais are now $2.00 - the beginning of the end of luxury air travel!

So in summary, we see an inverse trend of more Tiki and less luxury in the airline travel industry.

Post #377714 by Dustycajun on Fri, May 2, 2008 5:24 PM