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November 17, 2003 8:47 AM

Motel Postcards from the Era of the Open Road
posted by anastasiav (10 comments total)

Some favorites:

Cobleskill Motel, Cobleskill, NY
El Rancho Motel, Williston ND
Boyd's Motel, New Castle, Wyoming
Bel-Air Palms. El Monte, CA
Sage & Sand Motel, Riverside CA
Howard Johnson, Iowa City IA
posted by anastasiav at 8:55 AM on November 17, 2003

Holy crap! I could look at it all day. I went antique shopping one day and found tonnes of cards like these. There's also a book out there that features the most bland post cards of the 20th century... some really great stuff of horribly thought out photos.
posted by damclean2 at 9:18 AM on November 17, 2003

Have we not thoroughly scoured Lileks' site by this point?
posted by briank at 9:41 AM on November 17, 2003

Another great listing from Lileks. Huzzah!
posted by joecacti at 9:42 AM on November 17, 2003

Boring postcards. I'm not implying that there's anything boring here, though. Fun post, anastasiav!
posted by .kobayashi. at 9:48 AM on November 17, 2003

That is so excellent! Thanks, anastasiav!
posted by carter at 10:08 AM on November 17, 2003

fun, but Lileks seems overly preoccupied by the signs.
posted by crunchland at 11:38 AM on November 17, 2003

Here, a fellow plays backgammon, thinking he’s going to score tonight, unaware his new companion is actually a man.
posted by anastasiav at 11:52 AM on November 17, 2003

Lileks seems overly preoccupied by the signs

Crunch, I think he's comparing a number of them to the classic Holiday Inn sign -- noting where the motels have, erm, paid homage to that familiar logo.
posted by anastasiav at 11:57 AM on November 17, 2003

Sweet Jesus of Modernism! Lovin' it.
posted by Dick Paris at 3:28 PM on November 17, 2003