Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Sun, Aug 4, 2013 9:21 PM A friend gave me three of these paper coasters. She got them from her spouse who is helping the owners of the Hub Hotel with an estate/junk sale. The hotel still exists on Jasper Avenue (I think it has a different name now). Could this be a hitherto undocumented Tiki palace? Exciting to contemplate, but I doubted it since the Hub has always been a little divey. I got my friend to email the owner (who lives in Calgary) for more details, and this is what the owner told her: "The Hub Hotel did not have a Tiki room - the ladies and escorts section had photos on glass with lights behind them of grandparent trips to Hawaii." Oh well. (For those not old enough to remember the bad old days - up until the late 60s in Alberta, women weren't allowed in beer parlors in cities, but many establishments had separate lounges where men & women ("ladies and escorts") were allowed to drink together.)

A friend gave me three of these paper coasters. She got them from her spouse who is helping the owners of the Hub Hotel with an estate/junk sale. The hotel still exists on Jasper Avenue (I think it has a different name now). Could this be a hitherto undocumented Tiki palace? Exciting to contemplate, but I doubted it since the Hub has always been a little divey. I got my friend to email the owner (who lives in Calgary) for more details, and this is what the owner told her:

"The Hub Hotel did not have a Tiki room - the ladies and escorts section had photos on glass with lights behind them of grandparent trips to Hawaii."

Oh well.

(For those not old enough to remember the bad old days - up until the late 60s in Alberta, women weren't allowed in beer parlors in cities, but many establishments had separate lounges where men & women ("ladies and escorts") were allowed to drink together.)

Post #688731 by Sweet Daddy Tiki on Sun, Aug 4, 2013 9:21 PM