Post #461325 by TabooDan on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 5:46 PM

I didn't see the following menu in this thread so I figured I would add one.

Actually, there isn't a lot of the collectibles you can find from this great Restaurant on here. There's lots of whats bad and good and peoples opinions but I think it's time to show some of the artifacts from this awesome place that's been around for over 60 years!

Nothing too new here, just thought I would get some of this together on this thread. Quite an old Tonga Room Menu.
Cover:

Inside menu where Half A Lobster is $2.50 and Shark Fin Soup is $1.50:

Reverse:

The following is postcard (Dated Sept. 1949) with a picture of the outside of the Fairmont Hotel where the Tonga Room is located:

It is hard to see, but the second entrance (further down hill) has a sign above it that says Tonga Room. Although I think the Tonga Room itself is down the other side but I might be wrong.

Here is an old matchbook, probably mid to late 1940's, from the Fairmont Hotel that shows all the other restaurants and spots to go:

The inside of the matchbook:

The following is an early table top Tropical Drink Menu that I have. Cover:

It's cool to look at and the bright colors on the black background really make the drawings pop.

Inside menu:

Back of menu that features a neat white drawing of the ship interior with colored drinks, lights and oriental roof over the floating barge:

Man O Man......Zombie's for $1.50! Awesome!!

Here's a commonly seen postcard from the Tonga Room:

This is another older postcard which really shows the Ship features of the restaurant. This is from above the bar looking out. You can see the "S.S. Tonga" floating in the center before it's different changes.

Tonga Room Matchbook:

Here's another Menu:

Following is a old photo and holder you could get from the photographer that worked the room which I saw recently:

This is an early photo as the background is still in the ship setting. Nice to see sort of a behind the scenes shot and a period photo. Looks like the young couple are quite happy to be there and drinking of course!! It looks like they got a Tonga Punch!

Here's another older matchbook:

This matchbook has no address or phone number on it. You just have to feel where it is!

A Moai wood grain style salt and pepper set:

Now we can't forget about the mugs can we?
Here's a couple of the more elusive ones I know of.
The Drum Mug:

3 Face Moai Bowl:

And the cool double stacked coconut:

There were other mugs and bowls like the common 3-Face Bucket Mug, Peanut Tiki one, Hula Girl Bowls, OMC Earring Head, etc., but I think that's about it from me for now though.

Mahalo, TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2009-06-12 17:48 ]