Friday, June 29, 2012

Oasis Apt. Motel - Miami Beach, Florida

Oasis Apt. Motel - Miami Beach, Florida

Completely Air-conditioned and Heated
6580 Indian Creek Drive
Miami Beach, Florida
Completely modern and entirely new. Every facility for your vacation. Magnificent swimming pool. Waterfront patio. Card room. TV lounge, Boat dockage and fishing on premises. Free parking right at your door. Phone UNion 6-4671

Gandy Motor Lodge and Starlite Cafeteria - Perry, Florida

Gandy Motor Lodge and Starlite Cafeteria - Perry, Florida


Shuffle Board - TV - Pool. Cafeteria seats 256 persons. Highways 19-98-27A - Perry, Florida. Mary F. Christopher - Owner. Dick Dodge - Manager. AAA Approved. A Superior Motel.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Hotel La Salle - South Bend, Indiana

Hotel La Salle - South Bend, Indiana


237 N. Michigan St.
South Bend, Indiana
230 Rooms - Moderate Rates - TV - Air-conditioned Dining Room & Cocktail Lounge - Banquet facilities available.

The Westbury - New York, New York

The Westbury - New York, New York

Madison Ave. at 69th St.,
New York City
From its crystal chandeliers and carved ceilings to its elegantly tufted sofas and deep, new crimson carpets, the word is a warm "welcome" to one of New York's truly fine hotels.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Hotel Bethlehem - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Hotel Bethlehem - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Direction American Hotels Corporation
The Saturday Night Roast Beef Buffet - A Perennial Community Feature. This Buffet and Others Served at Private Functions in the Numerous and Attractive Banquet Rooms.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Hotel Jayhawk - Topeka, Kansas

Hotel Jayhawk - Topeka, Kansas


"Outstanding Among Kansas' Best"
300 Air-Conditioned and Air-Cooled Rooms - Air-Conditioned Coffee Shop and Dining Room - Convention Hall - Sample Rooms - Roof Garden - Theatre in Connection - Ample Parking Facilities.
Mrs. Jack Mosby - Pres. & Mgr. - Mosby Hotel Co.

Hotel Irvin Cobb - Paducah, Kentucky

Hotel Irvin Cobb - Paducah, Kentucky


A grand view of Paducah and of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers may be had from the upper floors of this new 200 room hostelry, built to meet Paducah's increasing requirements for accommodating convention and transient visitors, and named for her most illustrious son - Irvin Cobb.

Tatem Surf Club - Miami Beach, Florida

Tatem Surf Club - Miami Beach, Florida

On the Ocean at 4343 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach 40, Florida
A Beautiful Seaside Paradise with De Luxe Facilities and Accommodations - Private Swimming Pool and Surf Bathing - European Plan - Open All the Year.

Southern Hotel - Frankfort, Kentucky

Southern Hotel - Frankfort, Kentucky

THE SOUTHERN - A very nice comfortable hotel. All rooms have excellent exposures for your comfort in summer, Air-Cooled, and Steam Heat in winter. Each rooms is large and spacious with private bath, The Building is of Fire proof construction. The Food served in our Dining Room is exceptionally good, prepared and served by a competent staff, We welcome Transient and Tourist Travelers. Recommended by AAA

English Village Motor Hotel - Wichita, Kansas

English Village Motor Lodge - Wichita, Kansas

6727 East Kellogg on U.S. 54 & 96
33 fine units completely equipped.
Wichita, Kansas - MUrray 3-5613

English Village Motor Hotel - Wichita, Kansas

6727 East Kellogg on U.S. 54 & 96
64 fine units completely equipped.
Wichita, Kansas
Area Code WI 256-MU 3-5613
AAA Approved. Member of the Best Western Motels

Tiroler Hof - Marquette, Michigan

Tiroler Hof - Marquette, Michigan

Motels on the Lake
150 Carp River Hills
Marquette, Mich. 49855
Authentic Austrian Architecture. Deluxe rooms, Sauna baths, breakfast and dining room, gift shop, play room, lovely hiking ground, trout pond, ski hill. Quietness and privacy assure delightful resort living.
Owners: Sebop &Annemarie Hoedlmoser

Friday, June 15, 2012

Safari Hotel - Scottsdale, Arizona

Safari Hotel - Scottsdale, Arizona

First in Scottsdale, open all year, alt 200 rooms overlook 11 acres of gardens, 2 swimming pools and children's pool. Convention facilities for up to 500. Gracious dining in Dining Room or 24 hour Coffee House. Cocktails in Safari Lounge or lively French Quarter. Dancing nitely, Complete hotel services. Owners, Ernie Uhlmann. Bill Ritter.

Mailed from Flagstaff, Arizona to Mrs. Geo Gatten of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 16, 1965:

Dear Viola & Family.
Have been on a short 2 week vacation. Have always wanted to come to Ariz. I love it here. Wish I could stay for the rest of my life.
Love, Aunt Mary & Joe

Safari Hotel - Scottsdale, Arizona

The "French Quarter" in the Fabulous Safari Hotel
This is the fun Capitol of Scottsdale with the delightful atmosphere and excellent service that makes every visit a pleasure. Cocktails and dancing nightly. Gracious dining in the dining room or 24-hour Coffee House. Complete hotel services. 200 rooms overlook 11 acres of gardens, 2 swimming pools. Convention facilities for 700. Owners: Ernie Uhlmann, Bill Ritter

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Holiday Inn - Twin Falls, Idaho

Holiday Inn - Twin Falls, Idaho

North of City on Highway 93. 150 Rooms, Golf Course, Heated Pool, Air Conditioned, Free TV, Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, Free Holidex Reservations.

Mailed from Laramie, Wyoming to Mr. and Mrs. W.Z. Zoller of Indianapolis, Indiana on December 21, 1969:

Hi! Made it to Portland first night here last night. Hope to get to Laramie, Wy. tonight which will be about half way. Robbie and Dee Da doing dine. See ya soon! Love, Sis.

City Motel - Cairo, Illinois

City Motel - Cairo, Illinois

Most Modern Motel in Southern Illinois
Central Heating...24 Carrier Air-Conditioned Units with running ice water in each unit. Free TV in every room. Rooms homelike, comfortable and restful. Located on U.S. Route 51 in the heart of Cairo, Ill. AAA Approved.
For Reservations Tel. 3160.

City Motel - Cairo, Illinois

Most Modern Motel in Southern Illinois
Central Heating...24 Carrier Air Conditioned Units with running ice water in each unit. Rooms homelike, comfortable and restful. Located on U.S. Route 51 in the heart of Cairo, Ill. Tel. 2181. AAA Approved.

E.C. Kropp
27612

City Motel - Cairo, Illinois

Most Modern Motel in Southern Illinois
Central Heating...24 Carrier Air Conditioned Units with telephone in each unit. Free TV in every room. Rooms homelike, comfortable and restful. Located on U.S. Route 51 in the heart of Cairo, Ill. AAA Approved. For reservations Tel. 3160

Chester Litho
C-11541

Hotel Thomas - Gainesville, Florida

Hotel Thomas - Gainesville, Florida

"The University City"
Our beautifully landscaped grounds cover a large area and are located within a few minutes walk of the business district. This beauty of setting, together with a charmingly hospitable and homelike atmosphere, will make your stay at Hotel Thomas one to be happily remembered.
Air-Conditioned Bed Rooms
Coffee Shoppe and Banquet Rooms

Hotel Kirkwood - Des Moines, Iowa

Hotel Kirkwood - Des Moines, Iowa


300 Rooms with bath...$2.50 and $3.00
Fan in every Room
Beautiful Coffee Shop - Artificially Cooled
Tangney-McGinn Hotels Company

Hotel Kirkwood - Des Moines, Iowa

Scenes from "New" Country Kitchen Restaurant
Real Good Food
Charming Early American Atmosphere

American Litho

Hotel Windsor - La Tuque, Quebec

Hotel Windsor - La Tuque, Quebec


L.P. Mongrain, pres.
C. Allard, gerant
60 chambres, Ascenseur, Cusinine renommee - Air Conditionne - Salle Le Vermillion - Cocktail Lounge
547 rue Commerciale
La Tuque, Que

Chippewa Hotel - Mackinac Island, Michigan

Chippewa Hotel - Mackinac Island, Michigan

Recommended by Duncan Hines
Invigorating week-ends or an entire summer of charm
Every room an outside room, overlooking the Straits of Mackinac or Marquette Park. Yachting headquarters. Dancing Nightly in famous Marine Room
Home of the Beautiful PINK PONY COCKTAIL LOUNGE
Nathan Shayne, Res. Mgr.
AAA Approved. Member of AHA.


Chippewa Hotel - Mackinac Island, Michigan

Magnificent dining room, newly decorated, over-looking the Straits of Mackinac. All rooms with private bath. Yachting headquarters. Dancing and entertainment nightly. Home of the beautiful Pink Pony Cocktail Lounge. Air-conditioned. New heated pool and cabana club. AAA Approved. Member of American Hotel Association. Nathan Shayne, President.

 Chippewa Hotel - Mackinac Island, Michigan

NEW LOBBY
The Chippewa Hotel
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Magnificent dining room, newly decorated, overlooking the Straits of Mackinac. All rooms with private bath. Yahcting headquarters. Dancing and entertainment nightly. Home of the beautiful Pink Pony Cocktail Lounge. Air-conditioned. New heated pool and cabana club.
Nathan Shayne, President.
AAA Approved. American Hotel Association Member

Freeman Studios, Berrien Springs, Michigan
A Koppel Card
57395

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Fort Nelson Motor Hotel - Fort Nelson, British Columbia

Fort Nelson Motor Hotel - Fort Nelson, British Columbia

82 fully modern rooms with phones, radios, television, 34 have housekeeping, located at Mile 300, Alaska Highway. Licensed dining room, telex service, shopping arcade, and ample parking. Headquarters for natural gas field operators, tourists, big game hunting, lumbering and mining.

Carter's Lighthouse Point Resort - Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Carter's Lighthouse Point Resort - Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Box 11
Bull Shoals, Arkansas 72619
Phone: HIckory 5-3171
Spacious, modern, air-cond. Housekeeping Units completely furnished. Television, large picture windows give panoramic view of Lake and Mountains. Private boat dock, playground. Lake on these sides. Secluded, yet near restaurants, stores, commercial boat dock.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Sands Motor Hotel - Pulaski, Tennessee

Sands Motor Hotel - Pulaski, Tennessee

"Enjoy The Best"
Sands Motor Hotel
U.S. 31 North, City Limits
Pulaski, Tenn.
(New)
Free TV in rooms, telephones, wall to wall carpet - Room controlled heat and air conditioning. Children's playground. Restaurant near. Tillman & Garfield Carvell, Owners & Managers

Sands Motor Hotel - Tucson, Arizona

Sands Motor Hotel - Tucson, Arizona

222 South Freeway
Tucson, Arizona
On Alts. 80-84, in the heart of Tucson at Congress Street and the Freeway. Tucson's largest and finest motor hotel offers superb accommodations, color T.V., cocktail lounge, restaurant, coffee shop, banquet and meeting rooms, barber and beauty shops. Children's playground, golfing privileges! Largest heated pool in the Southwest

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Princess Motel - Anaheim, California

Princess Motel - Anaheim, California

1769 West St. (at Katella) - Anaheim, Calif.
PRospect 4-6427
Opposite DISNEYLAND'S quiet west side. A beautiful motel, AAA approved - refrigerated air-conditioning, tub and shower baths with infrared heat, free TV - room phones, sun patios, large HEATED SWIMMING POOL, with diving board and slide, located for privacy. Table tennis, Hi-Fi, fine restaurants, shops, bowling center close by.
Credit - (Diners', American Express, Carte Blanche.)
SPECIAL HONEYMOON SUITES

Mailed from Anaheim, California to Mrs. J.H. Mikel of Jal, New Mexico on March 5, 1961:
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL HAPPY VACATION WHEN YOU VISIT THE PRINCESS.
Reasonable rates, always.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Morris Inn - Notre Dame, Indiana

Morris Inn - Notre Dame, Indiana

The Morris Inn, a gift of the late E.M. Morris and Mrs. Morris of South Bend, Indiana, is located at the entrance to the campus. Its 92 beautifully appointed rooms and air-conditioned dining room are the finest accommodations in the Midwest. Private rooms are available for luncheons, dinners and special parties. Ample parking facilities. Golf privileges for male guests.

Glen Motor Court - Watkins Glen, New York

Glen Motor Court - Watkins Glen, New York

Overlooking Seneca Lake on Route 14
1 Mile North of Watkins Glen, New York
With individual balconies - Private baths - TV and a large swimming pool. We maintain for your dining pleasure a well kept restaurant and cocktail lounge whose entire staff is there to serve you in tour moments of relaxation.
Adjoining the Court is a 9 hole golf course.

Glen Motor Court - Watkins Glen, New York


Overlooking Seneca Lake on Route 14
1 Mile North of Watkins Glen, New York
With individual balconies - Private baths - TV and a large swimming pool. We maintain for your dining pleasure a well kept restaurant and cocktail lounge whose entire staff is there to serve you in tour moments of relaxation.
Adjoining the Court is a 9 hole golf course.

Writing on the back:
Sat July 17, 1965
Sun July 18, 1965
#10 Motel.
Leave for Niagara Mon 19th A.M.
Dining Room
Cocktail Lounge

Hill Top Motel Inn - Haysi, Virginia

Hill Top Motel Inn - Haysi, Virginia

A 23 unit motel, restaurant, gift shop, pink room, moose lodge. Located on South 63 (old 83) 1 1/2 miles west of Haysi. Three miles from John Flannagan Dam. Six miles to Breaks Interstate Park.

El Rancho Motel - Cambridge, Ohio

El Rancho Motel - Cambridge, Ohio

Cambridge, Ohio
1 Mile West of Cambridge
16 New units - Air-Conditioned - Electric Heat and Hot Water Heat - Ceramic Tile Baths with Combination Rub and Shower - Wall-to-Wall Carpeting - Free TV. AAA Approved. Phone - Cambridge-48026

Mailed from Cambridge, Ohio to Mrs. Malien Webster of Mt. Vernon, Indiana on June 23, 1963:

We staid here Sun. Mon & last night haven't had our breakfast yet. Want to go to church. It's cool here. Staid at a little place Fri night. Drove till one o'clock drive on to Worthington ate breakfast didn't get out of Ind. till in the afternoon hope everything is OK. Will write to the girls later. Laird is having a good time is a pool here guess I better hurry we are on the second floor - Love Mother & Dad.

The Stephens Motel - Columbia, Missouri

The Stephens Motel - Columbia, Missouri


Highways 40 and 63 North
Columbia, Missouri
First Class Accommodations
Beautiful pink brick 34 unit building trimmed with white iron grill work, wall to wall carpeting, radiant hot water hear, air conditioned, tiled combination baths, free TV and radio, circulating ice water, phones, doorstep parking. AAA Approved. First Class. Quiet.
Phone GIbson 2-3191

Sunday, June 3, 2012

TraveLodge - Bellevue, Washington

Travelodge - Bellevue, Washington

11011 N.E. 8th
Downtown Bellevue
Phone GLencourt 4-4967
Free TV, Heated Pool, Room Phones, Kitchens, Family Accommodations, Electric Heat, Adjacent Restaurant. 15 Minutes from downtown Seattle. 56 UNITS. AAA Approved.

Dutch Inn - Hendersonville, North Carolina

Dutch Inn - Hendersonville, North Carolina

At the intersection of U.S. 25 North and N.C. 191
Hendersonville, N.C.
56 Units - 100 Parking Spaces - Open 24 hours a day, all year around - Air-conditioned and Heated - Pool - We now have all COLOR TV sets - Sauna bath - Phone in every room - Airport limousine service - Dining elegance.

Motel Ayres - Fresno, California

Motel Ayres - Fresno, California

On U.S. 99
3/4 mil. So of Fresno, Calif.
Phone: AMherst 4-4815
A new, immaculately clean, nicely furnished motel with thermostatically controlled heat. Full-tile showers. Wall-to-wall carpets. Individually controlled air-conditioning by refrigeration. TV & Radios. Not the Largest, but one of the "Finest."

Mailed from San Francisco, California to Fred Cummings of Clear Lake, Iowa on November 14, 1961:

Hi
Thank you for the nights lodging and we arrived safely here on Mon. morning.
Love, Wanda

Evans Motel - Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California

Evans Motel - Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California

"From Your Door to the Shore"
CARDIFF-by-the-SEA, California
On Highway 101. 25 miles north of San Dan Diego. 100 miles south of Los Angeles, Phone: Plateau 3-3831.

Mailed from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California to The Cummings of Clear Lake, Iowa on May 6, 1958:

Never expected to see the Pacific but here we are.
Mary and John

Sands Motor Lodge - Gillette, Wyoming

Sands Motor Lodge - Gillette, Wyoming

U.S. Hiways 14-16 and I-90
Gillette, Wyoming
56 air conditioned units - TV - 24 hr. phones - heated swimming pool - convention and banquet facilities - coffee shop - dining room and lounge. AAA Approved. Member of the Best Western Motels.

Mailed from Gillette, Wyoming to Mr. & Mrs. Wm Prouty & Sis of Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 27, 1966:

9/26/66
Hi our four "deers:
Look where we are - decided to to go Yellowstone, Glacier and up to Lake Louise B.C.
Left Monty yesterday morn. Weather real hot in So. Dak, also here. Hope it cools down soon. Both feeling great & enjoying all.
Love,
Uncle Malon & Auntie Jessie
(Bro. Malon & Sis Jessie)

Sands Motor Lodge - Gillette, Wyoming

U.S. Hiways 14-16 and I-90
Gillette, Wyoming
56 air conditioned units - TV - 24 hr. phones - heated swimming pool - convention and banquet facilities - coffee shop - dining room and lounge. AAA Approved. Member of the Best Western Motels.

Mailed from Chicago, Illinois to WGN-TV of Chicago, Illinois on January 29, 1973:

Sandra Braun
5xxx S. Nagle Ave.
Chicago, Ill. Age 10

Chicago O'Hare Airport Rodeway Inn - Chicago, Illinois

Chicago O'Hare Airport Rodeway Inn - Chicago, Illinois

Featuring the Monte Carlo Restaurant and Bar Bella Lounge
Cumberland Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway
Chicago, Illinois 60631

De Witt Clinton Hotel - Albany, New York

De Witt Clinton Hotel - Albany, New York

Albany, N.Y.
The beautiful De Witt Clinton Hotel