{"product_id":"treetops-hotel-kenya-1960s","title":"Treetops Hotel, Kenya 1960s","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eTreetops Hotel was located in Aberdare National Park in Kenya, near the township of Nyeri, and is most famous for being the place where Princess Elizabeth was staying in 1952 when she acceded to the throne of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on the death of her father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eThe 25-year-old British princess was watching the local wildlife – elephants, baboons, rhino and much else – in the treehouse of a giant mgumu fig tree when King George VI died in his sleep. Headlines noted that she went up the ladder of the treehouse a princess and descended a Queen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eThe hotel was first opened in 1932 by Eric Sherbrooke Walker and was built into the tops of trees to give tourists the safest and best possible viewing of wildlife visiting the local waterhole. It became a magnet not just for Royalty but also for the rich and famous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eOther famous personalities included actors Charlie Chaplin and Joan Crawford, and Paul McCartney stayed at the hotel while on safari in 1966. Returning from his safari trip, he said he came up with the concept of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the flight from Nairobi to London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eThe 35-room hotel closed during the pandemic and has not yet re-opened to tourists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122; background: white;\"\u003eThis is a beautiful hand-drawn menu by a local artist from the 1960s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #202122;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491737346214,"sku":"mqv1790052075030","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491737378982,"sku":"hsr1790052075031","price":23.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491737411750,"sku":"juv1790052075032","price":31.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491737444518,"sku":"grd1790052075033","price":33.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491737477286,"sku":"khd1790052075034","price":63.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491737510054,"sku":"uwg1790052075035","price":93.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/treetops-hotel-kenya-1960s_1.webp?v=1790052079","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/treetops-hotel-kenya-1960s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}