Harbor House Motel - Harpers Ferry, Iowa

Frank & Phil Parks Welcome You To Sportsmans Paradise
"Harbor House"
Specialty Steaks To Order - Sea Foods - Party Catering - Cocktails.

Holiday Inn - Cape Girardeau, Missouri

I-55 & Williams St. (Rt.K)
Dwtn. 1 mi; Airpt. 5 min. Free Trans
Home of Semo State College - Many Scenic Attractions; Swimming Pool, putting green, shuffleboard, playground. Cocktail Lounge, Air. Cond - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Holidex Reserv. Sample rms avail. mtg. rms. to 300 - 187 tastefully decorated rms.

Mayan Hotel - Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California
In the Heart of Wilshire Center with its famous Shops, Cocoanut Grove and Brown Derby. Two Guests for one price. Enjoy California's sunshine a-top the Mayan on our Sun Deck. Free Garage.
MOST ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYTHING
"Remember the Mayan"
A Harris Hotel

The Krosh-Al Motel - San Antonio, Texas

The KROSH-AL located 5 miles S. of San Antonio just E. of Hi-way 281 on Loop 13. Most modern and comfortable accommodations in the Southwest. Wall to wall carpeting, airfoam mattresses, automatic refrigerated air conditioning and heating in each room, Swimming pool. Most accessible to all military establishments in the San Antonio area. AAA Approved.

Note:
Staid here March - 1956
On way Home Fla. & Kingsville, Texas

Hotel Martinique - New York, New York

Broadway at 32nd Street
New York City
584 rooms - Single with bath from$2.50 - Double from $4.00 - Popular price restaurants
Broadway's favorite Cafe - Bar
One block from Pennsylvania Station

Mailed from New York, New York to Mr. Herman Navie of San Antonio, Texas on October 4, 1939:

Hello!
It was a pleasure to meet you & hope we'll see each other again soon. In N.Y. buying. Regards to the dear faculty & yourself - Sincerely - Neil Joseph

C.T. Art-Colortone by Curt Teich
8A-H3225

Hotel Hermitage - Nashville, Tennessee

Hotel Hermitage of Nashville was named after the home of President Andrew Jackson - "The Hermitage", situated twelve miles from this hotel.
It is very comparable with Washington's Home at Mt. Vernon. A Robert Meyer Hotel

Mailed from Nashville, Tennessee to Mrs. Frank Corey of Cato, New York on September 30, 1942:

Sept. 30 - Dear Cousin - We came down here to visit Marian he met us at the Station. Sat. P.M. Stayed all night with us & all day Sun. We went to church to shows with him & out to the "Hermitage" which was very nice, he has been with us from 5 P.M. on Mon. & all day yesterday too. This is a lovely city is full of service men Love Dora & Neil.

C.T. American-Art by Curt Teich



NASHVILLE'S FINEST ADDRESS!!!
250 Attractive Rooms and Suites - The Grille for "Food a la Mood" - Tap Room - Convention and Sales Meeting Facilities for Groups of 5 to 500 - Ideally Located Opposite Tennessee State Capitol in the Heart of Business Shopping Districts. All Airline Offices off Lobby. AAA Approved.

Hannau-Robinson Color Productions, Inc., 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. 33139
A Koppel Card
Number: 37842

Hotel Governor Clinton - New York, New York

Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
New York City
Opposite and connected by Underground Passage with Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal
1200 Rooms, 1200 Baths, 1200 Servidors; Circulating Ice Water and Refrigerated Air in all Public Rooms; Three Splendid Restaurants and Coffee Shop; Dinner and Supper Dancing; Closet and Full Length Mirror in every room; Bed-head Reading Lamps. Fine Sample and Display Rooms. High speed selg-leveling Elevators. Garage and Automobile Service.
RATES: Rooms (all with Private Bath) $3.00 and up.
Ernest G. Kill, General Manager

New York's Newest and Finest
Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
Opposite Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal
1,200 outside rooms, full length mirror, and bed-head reading lamp; two splendid restaurants, coffee shop and tavern, all cooled by refrigerated air; dinner and supper dancing in the Ballroom Room; sample and display rooms. High speed self-leveling elevators; garage service.
Rates: - room for single occupancy $3.00 and up;
room for double occupancy $4.00 and up.
R.J. Glenn, Mgr.
Haberman's New York Views Lumitone

Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
Opposite Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal
Baltimore & Ohio Motor buses stop at door.
1,200 outside rooms, full length mirror, and bed-head reading lamp. Two splendid restaurants, coffee shop and tavern, all cooled by refrigerated air. Dinner and supper dancing in the Ballroom Room. Sample and display rooms. high speed self-leveling elevators. Garage service.
Rates: - Room for single occupancy $3.00 and up
Room for double occupancy $4.00 and up.

A Lumitone Photoprint

New York's Newest and Finest
HOTEL GOVERNOR CLINTON
A FIELDS HOTEL
Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
Opposite Pennsylvania Station
1200 Rooms
All Outside with Private Bath, Radio, Servidor and Circulating Ice Water. Many with RCA Color TV and Air Conditioning.

Richtone by Steelograph Co., One Broadway, New York
No number



New York's Newest and Finest
HOTEL GOVERNOR CLINTON
Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
Opposite Pennsylvania Station
1,200 rooms, all outside, each with bath, 4 station radio, servidor, circulating ice-water, full-length mirror, bed reading lamp. New Circle Bar and Cocktail Lounge, and three splendid restaurants...Tavern, moderately priced Coffee Shop, Grill with Dinner and Supper Dancing, all cooled by refrigerated air. Sample and Display Rooms. High speed self-leveling elevators. Garage Service to and from Hotel.
ROBERT J. GLENN, Manager
10 Miles in 10 Minutes - 10 cents direct to World's Fair

Designed and Produced by Harry H. Baumann, 216 W. 16th Street, New York
Number 9-2392



A Kenton Hotel
Seventh Avenue at 31st Street
Opposite Pennsylvania Station
1200 Rooms
Telephone PE 6-3400
All with Private Baths, Servidor - Circulating Ice Water - 21' RCA TV - most with Air Conditioning.

Harrison Hotel - Chicago, Illinois

 

400 Rooms - Free: Radios - Circulating Ice Water
Showers or Tub in every room
500 Car Garage adjoining hotel
1/32 block from Michigan Ave. on Harrison St.

C.T. Art-Colortone by Curteich
3A-H394

 

Chicago's Newest
HARRISON HOTEL
400 Rooms - Fireproof
Free Radio, Circulating, Ice Water, Tub Bath or Shower in every room
500 car garage with direct entrance to hotel lobby
Harrison St. just off Michigan Blvd.

Mailed From Jefferson Barracks to Mrs. Glenn Wasson of Burlington, Iowa on March 8, 1943:

PVT. Orville H. Wasson
3760316

3-7-43
Dear Folks:
I'm on the Monday, Mar 8 shipping list so don't send those letter or pictures until you get my new address. I have no idea where the H--- I am going. It makes very little difference.
Orville

An American Colortype Card - Chicago-New York
No Number




Drive-In Garage Connects With Lobby
400 Rooms - 400 Baths
Free Radio - Circulating Ice Water
Harrison St. Off Michigan Blvd.

C.T. Art-Colortone by Curt Teich
0C-H693

Anderson Motel - Cullman, Alabama

U.S. No 31
Cullman, Alabama
47 Units. Air Conditioned. TV in All Rooms. Restaurant Nearby. Telephones in Rooms. Music by 'Muzak". Cullman's very best Motel. Swimming Pool. Hiway Host. AAA Approved.

Scenic South Card Co., Bessemer, Ala
A Koppel Card
86275

STATUS: Bleak. It's now known as the Economy Inn. It looks like a pleasant place to be stabbed.

Allerton Hotel - Chicago, Illinois

Chicago's after-the-theatre Rendezvous...for Midnight Chats
THE LOUNGE in new TIP TOP TAP
Comfort and glamour, 23 stories above famed Michigan Avenue.
ALLERTON HOTEL
Michigan Avenue at Huron
Harding Hotel Management

CK-167 - The Allerton Hotel
Located at 701 N. Michigan Avenue
on Chicago's Near North Side

Mailed from Chicago, Illinois to Mr. & Mrs. P.C. Clavio of San Bernadino, California on July 22, 1957:

Hi -
Well I made it and had a nice trip. Cool when I got here, but 90 degrees today. Expect to go to top of this building tomorrow and love over town. Lake Michigan is like an ocean. Be seeing you, Fanchon

Chicago's Near North Side

On the shores of Lake Michigan, in the heart of the "Magnificent Mile", has many points of interest indicated on the reverse side - all within walking distance.

Chicago's Most Famous Landmark - The Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue in the heart of the city's smart "Magnificent Mike". It survived the Great Fire in 1871. The view shows the 1,000 room Allerton Hotel. This skyscraper commands a breathtaking view of downtown Chicago, the Gold Coast and nearby Lake Michigan.
THE ALLERTON
Michigan at Huron

Cub Products

STATUS: Still there. Still the Allerton. Here's some history about the Allerton for their website:

The landmark Allerton Hotel opened in 1924 as a residential “club hotel.” It was a prosperous, exciting time in the heart of Downtown Chicago. The roaring 20’s saw Michigan Avenue open as a chic boulevard of clubs, shops and hotels as developers sought to transform the area into the Champs Elysées of the United States. The building was constructed at a cost of $4 million in 1923 by The Allerton Hotel Company as a club hotel for men. The Chicago Allerton was the sixth club hotel built and operated by the company. Club hotels catered to single young men moving to large cities for white-collar jobs. In addition to their living quarters, residents could enjoy libraries and lounges, as well as a private dining room, grille room, barbershop, pharmacy, solarium, miniature golf course and gymnasium with squash courts.

Original two story entrance with stone staircases and stained glass ceiling

The Allerton was one of the first high-rises on North Michigan Avenue. Designed to be seen from all sides, the hotel was the first Chicago Building to feature the pronounced setbacks and towers later repeated in the cityscape. Murgatroyd & Ogden, a New York architectural firm, designed the building. The Allerton’s Northern Italian Renaissance architecture contrasted with the Georgian Revival and Tudor Revival styles popular at the time. Located in a neighborhood of 19th century row houses, The Allerton was designed to look like a home. Its exterior featured dark red brick walls in projecting courses, round-arched windows and arcades and a sculptural rooftop. In later years, as other high-rises popped up along the Magnificent Mile, the hotel’s red brick exterior was a standout among its gray concrete neighbors.

Post card of the Tip Top Tap Lounge in the 1940's

By 1930, the hotel was accepting women, but management went to great lengths to avoid mixing men and women inhabitants. Residential floors and elevators were segregated by gender, with certain elevators designed to stop only on floors occupied by ladies. The women who lived there were, like their male counterparts, white-collar workers, most of whom worked in clerical jobs for Chicago’s large corporations. In the 1940’s, The Allerton established itself as one of the city’s most exciting social hot spots. The Tip Top Tap, a cocktail lounge with striking views of the skyline, replaced clubrooms on the 23rd floorand was open to the public. A sign advertising the lounge was added to the top of the building, and the hotel became a popular after-hours entertainment spot for professionals who worked on North Michigan Avenue. Chicago-area singers and musicians, as well as touring bands and orchestras, performed in the lounge regularly throughout the coming decades. Along with the Tip Top Tap, the hotel’s restaurant L’Escargot was considered the city’s best choice for French cuisine. The Tip Top Tap gained nationwide recognition when radio personality Don McNeil broadcasted his show from the lounge in the 1950’s. Airing on the ABC Radio Network until 1968, “The Breakfast Club with Don McNeil” was heard on over 400 radio stations across the country. The hour-long programs featured celebrities, songs, music and, above all, humor.

1954 Life Magazine

During the 1990’s, landmarks up and down the Magnificent Mile, including The Allerton, received extensive makeovers as older high-rises and historic buildings were returned to their previous grandeur. In 1998 the City of Chicago designated The Allerton a historic Chicago landmark. The hotel closed in August 1998 for a multi-million dollar restoration project and re-opened in May 1999. Today, after a further renovation in 2008-2009, the landmark Allerton is once again one of Chicago’s premier hotels. Its reinvented interior reflects influences from a classic era translated into a current and modern interpretation.

In February 2014 Warwick International Hotels purchased the hotel and changed the name to Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago.

Abbey Hotel / Victoria Hotel / Abbey Victoria Hotel - New York, New York

51st Street East of 7th Avenue
New York City
CIrcle 6-9400
Accommodates 1000 guests - All rooms with bath - many air conditioned - Radios - TV. Circulating ice water in each room.

Lumitone Photoprint

 

51st Street East of 7th Avenue
New York 19, N.Y.
Accommodating 1000 guests - Modern Rooms - Television - Air conditioning available - Home of Famous Stockholm Restaurant.

Lumitone Photoprint

 

7th Avenue at 51st Street
New York, N.Y. 10019
1000 Modern Rooms and Suites - Garage and Parking Facilities - In Radio City and Rockefeller Center Area - Home of the famous Stockholm Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge.
Entirely Air-Conditioned

Writing on the back:
Dated 9/29/67
We dined at this beautiful spot last evening, lots of good things to eat. The Abbey V. is very good having a wonderful time. Hope you are too.
Love, Alice & Phil

Seventh Ave. at 51st St.
George Geiger, President

 

Seventh Ave. at 51st St.

In The Wonderful World of Manhattan

Seventh Ave. at 51st St.
Rosie O'Grady Pub Restaurant - Confucius Restaurant - Victoria Coffee Shop
1000 Comfortable Rooms - Air Conditioned - Television

51st Street at 7th Avenue
CIrcle 7-7800
Completely Air-Conditioned
"Times Square at Radio City"
Every room with private baths, shower, and Television. Cocktail Lounge, Bar, Restaurant and Coffee Shop.

Color Masters, Inc.
S-30516

STATUS: The Abbey was torn down in 1982. Here's a brief article in the New York Times about the demise of the Abbey.

After 55 Years; R.I.P. Abbey

Published: June 27, 1982

It was the Abbey Victoria Hotel, then the Abbey and Victoria Hotels and, later, back again. In recent years it was simply the ''Shabby Abbey.'' Now it is being demolished to make way for the expansion of the headquarters of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Spokesmen for the company, a major owner of Manhattan properties, said plans for the new office tower were not complete yet. It will run from 51st to 52d Street on Seventh Avenue, behind the present 42-story headquarters building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas. That tower was completed 20 years ago as an pioneer project in the avenue's redevelopment.

The hotel was built in 1927 and was divided into the Abbey and Victoria Hotels for the World's Fair in 1939. It stood as a house divided for years, but merged in 1966 to share mechanical and operating costs.

Taunton Inn - Taunton, Massachusetts

Gateway to Cape Cod Junction Routes 44 and 140



Gateway to Cape Cod Junction Routes 44, 138 and 140

Dixie Lee Motel & Restaurant - Lenoir City, Tennessee

Route 5, Lenoir City, Tenn.
Junct. U.S. 11 & 70, 20 miles west of Knoxville. 22 Native Stone, Carpeted Units. Swimming Pool, Playground, Shuffleboard, Badminton, TV, Elec. Heat, Air Cond., Tile Baths & Inn Room Coffee.
Fine Food Served from 7 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Duke and Ruth Lawhorn - Owners & Managers

YMCA Hotel - Chicago, Illinois

YMCA Hotel, 822 So. Wabash Ave. Chicago, Illinois

Curt Teich and Company
115798

826 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago
For Young Men and Women
2000 rooms located in downtown Chicago. Convenient to all transportation
Program activities including, Social, Educational and Religious Events.
"Your Home in Chicago"



826 South Wabash
CHICAGO
The East Room is the main lounge on the second floor. At the south end is the Library and from it opens the Correspondence Room. On the floor are also Club Rooms, a Game Room and the Concert Lounge where daily programs include organ recitals,, entertainments, concerts, movies, lectures and forums.

C.T. Art-Colortone by Curt Teich
3A-H630



826 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago
For young men and women, 2000 Fireproof rooms. Many with running water. Some with private bath. Rates from $1.00 to $2.00 per day. Three floors reserved for women and families. Large lobbies and lounges. Daily programs, entertainments and concerts. Restaurants, Barber Shop, Tailor Shop, haberdashery, Travel Bureau, health Club.

Mailed from Chicago, Illinois to Mr. & Mrs. H.Y. Phillips of Holland, Michigan on April 13, 1941:

Harvey & Ethel:
Here we are all Hitched. Not sorry either. See you soon. St. Louis tomorrow.
The Bradfields



One of the Two Cafeterias in the YMCA HOTEL
826 S. Wabash Avenue - Chicago
* For young men and women. 2,000 Fireproof rooms, many with running water, Some with private bath. Daily programs, entertainments and concerts.



826 S. Wabash Avenue - Chicago
For Men, Women and Families. 2000 Fireproof rooms. Many with running water. Some with private bath. Rates from $1.00 o $2.00 per day. Daily programs, entertainments and concerts. Within walking distance of a beach.
These marine type built-in bed room units installed at the Chicago Y.M.C.A. Hotel were designed by the hotel staff.



826 S. Wabash Ave. - Chicago
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
2000 rooms located in downtown Chicago
Convenient to all transportation
Program activities including Social, Educational and Religious Events.

826 South Wabash Avenue
For Men, Women, Families
2,000 Fireproof Rooms in Downtown Chicago
2 Cafeterias Serving 3,000 Meals Daily
Convenient to all Transportation
Guest Program Activities Include: Social, Educational and Religious Events.
"Inexpensive Living With Friendly People"

826 South Wabash Avenue - Chicago, Illinois 60605
Facilities for 2,000 - Men - Women - Families
Many rooms with private showers
2 Cafeterias Serving 3,000 Meals Daily
Convenient to all Transportation
Guest Activities
Free Overnight Parking




MAIN LOBBY
826 S. Wabash Avenue - Chicago 5
For Men, Women, Families
2,000 Fireproof Rooms in Downtown Chicago. 2 Cafeterias Serving 3,000 Meals Daily
Convenient to All Transportation
Guest Program Activities Include: Social, Educational Religious Events
"Your Home in Chicago"

Curteichcolor Card
4C-K1465

826 South Wabash Avenue
Accommodations for 2,000 men - women - families
Many rooms with private showers
Transient and Permanent Guests
Cafeteria, Laundromat, Gift Shop
Near the Loop - Convenient Parking

Mailed from Chicago, Illinois to Scott Dragostin of Canton, Ohio on August 11, 1971:

Dear Scott,
We saw the Lake and Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium. Do you see where our room is? We have a nice seen (sic) of lake. Brad.



826 South Wabash Avenue
Serving men, women and families
2,000 fireproof rooms Downtown
Cafeteria-Coffee Ship serving 3,000 meals daily
Many programs for guests
Convenient to transportation

Mailed from Chicago, Illinois to Mr. & Mrs. William Dragostin of Canton, Ohio on August 13, 1971:

Dear Aunt & Uncle -
We saw everything. The streets are nosie. Haveing Nice Time. Brad.

Curteichcolor

Lorel Motel - Elyria, Ohio

Lorel Motel thirty minutes from Cleveland, located eight miles from Oberlin College and not far from Thomas Edison's birthplace.

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.




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.

 

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