Holiday Inn - Bradford, Pennsylvania
100 Davis Street South Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Swimming Pool - Free TV - Free Holidex Reservations
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100 Davis Street South Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Swimming Pool - Free TV - Free Holidex Reservations
450 E. Pershing Road U.S. Highway 51 & State 121 & 48 Swimming Pool - Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Teletype Reservations
U.S. 1 South and Interstate 95 via Expressway Fun for everyone - round the plam-shaded swimming pool where a dip in the clear filteres waters refreshes young and old. Robinson Color Process - Orlando
I-94 and State 210 Restaurant - Lounge - Live Entertainment - All Color TV - Air-conditioned - Heated Indoor Swimming Pool - Sauna Bath - Therapeutic Pool - Excellent Banquet Facilities
100 Datura Street Downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, on scenic Lake Worth. For your convenience: Air-conditioning and heat, Swimming pool, Meeting and Banquet Rooms, Dun Deck and Garage Parking. Stouffer's Restaurant & Lounge. Southeaster Printing Dexter Press 8090-C
U.S. 31 at Exit No. 8 Indiana Turnpike 515 Dixieway North Enjoy Holiday Inn services in South Bend, the home of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s. Mailed from DuBois, Pennsylvania to Mrs. R.W. Mellish of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1977:
Dear Mum, Went to the cemetery yesterday. Left a geranium in a pot - would be nice if it were planted with the others. Called to see if you were home. Love, Elaine Curteichcolor
Rt. 9 & Sharon Drive Restaurant - All Color TV - Swimming Pool - Air-Conditioned - Free Holidex Reservations
The Lobby in the Holiday Inn Miami Beach is Florida’s most unusual, with glass ports affording a view of underwater swimmers. U.S. Highway A1A at 17451 Collins Avenue Telephone: WIlson 7-3436 Mailed from Miami Beach, Florida to Mr. & Mrs. William Hargrove on October 28, 1959: Dear Ones, Have had a wonderful trip. Saw so many beautiful colors coming down. The weather here is so nice. The ocean is beautiful. Gordy is in his meeting today. Love, WIlma & Family Curteichcolor Card
1125 E. Grand Ave. Hwy 70 Ph: Na 4-3321, AC: 501, TWX: 501-623-8063 Swimming Pool - Air-Conditioned - Restaurant
The card was mailed from Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas to Mrs. Walter A. Stine of Lawrence, Kansas on October 22, 1963:
Hi All -
Arrived Sunday night about 7:30 - no car trouble. Just relaxing and enjoying the sights. Will drop you a line when we get home - Elaine & John
Battleship Parkway On Mobile Bay near Battleship USS Alabama. Four miles East of downtown Mobile. A short drive to historic forts, museums, and world famous Bellingrath Gardens. A sportsman's paradise - Fishing and Hunting.
Destroyed in Hurricane Frederic on September 12, 1979
Congress St. & I-291 711 Dwight St. Tel.: 781-0900 - AC: 413 THE TOP O’ THE ROUND New England’s first revolving roof top restaurant.
520 West Main at Dewey Street Exquisite dining shall be yours to enjoy at La Fiesta Restaurant of Holiday Inn-Downtown, located in the heart of Oklahoma City.
924 Madison - U.S. Highway 80 to Atlanta The Camelot Dining Room - Garden Coffee Shop - Old English Tavern - Remote Controlled TV - Barber Shop - Beauty Salon - Spacious Meeting Rooms seating up to 460 - Two Direct Dial Phones in each room - Free Teletype Reservations - 172 Guest Rooms.
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. & 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 & Dee Da doing dine. See ya soon! Love, Sis.
Route 9 & 84 Swimming Pool - Air-Conditioned - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Holidex Reservations - Meeting Rooms to 500 - Sidewalk Cafe - Live entertainment and dancing in Peg Leg Bar.
400 N. Atlantic Avenue Daytona Beach, Florida 32018 Directly on the Ocean, The World's Most Famous Beach Rooftop View - Ocean Boardwalk - from the Top of the Boardwalk dining rooms and Midway Lounge. Meeting and Convention facilities up to 125, Kitchenettes, Pool, color TV. Unpack once - Major attractions within an hour's easy drive time. Walt Disney World - Kennedy Space Center - Marineland - Silver Springs - Sea World.
Postcard Description:
On Interstate 20 Where "U.S. 431 & Ala. 21 meet U.S. 78" Swimming Pool - Air-conditioned - Restaurant - Free TV - Free Holidex Reservations
1965 Guide Description and map
Notes:
A fairly standard early 1960s Holiday Inn design. The postcard shows the Great Sign, the exterior layout, cars in the parking lot, a restaurant (not sure the name-can't find it anywhere) and a very early photocropping job of the sky. You can see it in the lines on the tress and the majestic splendor of nature's blurs.
The card is from a few years before the guide based on the cars.
Now:
The property went through a few changes, but I am pretty sure that this is the location. The exterior was painted, the Holiday Inn signage on the building gone and the sign has the all the marking of the 80s Holiday Inn signs that replaced the GREAT sign. The property fell on hard times and became, at one point, Oxford Inn and Suites.
Here's an aerial photograph dated January 7, 2004. (thanks to Google Earth) It's difficult to tell if it is still a Holiday Inn or not. It has the trade mark lay-out.
An undated, but probably 2012 aerial photo of the property being torn down
The final aerial view taken on November 28, 2012 shows only the outline of the motel.
There's an empty field and a Bojangles on the current site.There is a newer Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites just down 431 on Colonial Drive.