On US Hwy. 550, North of Durango, Colorado
20 Carpeted units, all tile baths, vented heat, Ranch Oak Furniture; distinctively western. Restaurant capacity 125 persons. Redwood walls and overhead beams, ranch style lighting and the famous "Durango Room" all lend to make dining an evening to remember at the Silver Spur. Open 6:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. Phone 1674
Lazy J Motel
in colorful Boulder, Colorado
Family opearted for comfortable family living. Heated pool, air conditioned, color TV. D.D. Phones, Apartments, Suites and Kitchenettes. Weekley and monthly rates available. Across the street from C.U.
1000 28th St., Boulder, Col. 80303
(303) 442-7525
1210 So. Main St.
Lamar, Colorado 81052
40 units, Restaurant, Lounge, Pool, Phones, Air-Cond., TV's, Tub & Shower. On Hwy. 287-385 and eight blocks south of Hwy. 50. AAA Approved. A Member of the Best Western Motels.
9600 W. Colfax, Denver on Highway 40
Most convenient to the mountains, Specializing in Telephone service, Television, Air conditioning, Baby cribs.
BE 3-0742 - Telephones - BE 3-1017
On U.S. Highways 60-70 & Int. 10
616 E. Hobsonway
Blythe, California 92225
Air Conditioned...Free Room TV...Room Telephones...Heated Swimming Pool...Ceramic Tiled Baths...Complimentary Coffee & Donuts...Nearby Restaurant & Shopping Center...Fishing, Boating & Skiing on the Beautiful Colorado Rive. Major Credit Cards Accepted.
SEA LARK MOTEL
(714) 646-7445
2301 Newport Blvd.
Costa Mesa, California 92627
Close To Beach and Airport
Air Conditioned - Color T.V.
Room Phones - Heated Pool - 70 Units
Managers - Doug & Jame Chappell
"Sleep in Quiet"
AMHA and AAA Approved
TAylor 2-4283
16 large units, TV, ranch atmosphere in a motel. In the cool, clear mountain air at 4000 ft. 4 blocks south of R.R. and Highway 466 - 120 miles north of Los Angeles.
Vallejo Travelodge
Corner of Tennessee and Sonoma Blvd.
(Highway 29)
In Downtown Vallejo
Telephone: 644-4411
29 Units-Direct Dial Phones-Color TV-In Room Coffee, Near Mare Island Naval Base, one mile off Highway 80 on West Tennessee Street.
Motel -6- Present a New Motel Concept
Excellent Locations
Attractive Surroundings
Heated Pools
Finest in Beauty rest beds
Clean, orderly accommodations
For the same fair rate -
Summer or Winter - always the same -
Always dependable
ONLY ONE RATE!
$6.00 per room with your choice of one or two double beds! One to four persons
Use MOTEL -6- whenever you travel and SAVE
The writing on the back says:
Palm Springs 7-20-64
No TV, Radio or phone in room.
808 McHenry Ave. Modesto, Calif.
Phone LAmbert 3-5642
Off Highway - Air Conditioned - Dining Rooms - Cocktail Lounge - Meeting Rooms - Heated Pool - 24 Hour Switchboard - Free TV and Radio. AAA Approved.
1319 30th Street
Sacramento, California 95819
Phone 452-4411 Area Code 916
84 Units - Conference Room - 24 Hour Office Service and Coffee Shop - Free TV and Ice. Air Conditioning, and Phones in Each Room. Heated Pool.
1049 Camino Del Mar
Del Mar, Calif. 92014
The Small Motel that caters to your travel comfort in a Big Way. 12 Units. Free Coffee, Juice, Donuts, TV and Heated Pool Year 'Round. Ocean View. Quiet.
640 Arch Street
Needles, California 92363
39 luxuriously air conditioned units, Color TV in all room. Heated swim pool, therapy pool, Sauna baths with lounges. Major credit cards accepted. Colorado River offers excellent golf course nearby. Restaurant and cocktail lounge adjoining. AAA Approved
1706 No. Texas, Fairfield, Calif.
Phone 425-6775
Sleep off the Hiway
30 soundproofed units - Heated Pool - Direct Dial Phones - Color TV - Air Conditioned - Free Coffee and Ice - Next to Finest Foods - Free Transportation from Travis AFB. AAA Approved.
19th and Union Avenue, Bakersfield, California
Phone: FAirview 7-1695
Heated swimming pool. Telephones in every room. Free TV. Cooled by refrigeration. Adjoining Stan's Coffee Shop. AAA Approved. Recommended by Duncan Hines.
Located in the very heart of San Francisco's famous Fisherman's Wharf, 3 blocks to colorful cable cars. New modern rooms, suites, banquet and conference rooms. Direct dialing telephone service, TV and heated swimming pool. Restaurant, bar, gift shop, beauty salon, plus liquor store and coffee shop.
The card was mailed from San Francisco, California to Mr. & Mrs. Frank Moravec of Eugene, OR on September 10, 1971:
Hi - We have been having a ball - there's a million & one things to do and see around here. We hard dinner w/ Bob & Ethel Monday eve & will dine with them again tonight. Met my kids at the airport on Sunday as they were returning to Merced - were they surprised. Have been to Carmel, Monterey, Sausalito - Berkeley tomorrow - shopping, boat riding, etc. What fun. Love - Carl & Eleanor
2222 Market St. at 15th Street
San Francisco's Luxury Motel in the geographical center of the city, with public transportation at the door. Only 5 blocks to Civic Center and minutes to exclusive shops, night clubs, theatres, famous restaurants, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park and the Giant's Baseball Park. Beautifully decorated and furnished, with television, 24-hour phone service and individual thermostat controlled heat, elevator and sun deck. Credit cards accepted. AAA Approved.
1506 Mission Drive
Solvang, California 93463
A charming, immaculately clean, motel. All rooms at ground level around lawn and gardens. Individually controlled air conditioning and heating. TV. AAA Approved
The writing says:
This is where I stayed - very clean and lovely & quiet & $26.59 in middle of Nov. is expensive.
28 West Cabarillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, California
Phone 966-6337
New heated pool. Shuffleboard - Ping Pong. Free TV in all rooms - Only Motel on beach with Garages - Sun Patio - Steam Heat - 37 Units. AAA Approved.
Dr. and Mrs. F.R. Braune
Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Hahn
Managing Owners
The card was mailed from Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Della Crowe of Visalia, California on December 27, 1965:
Dear Mom,
We arrived here at 6. It is on the harbor. Old but not bad. Cheap. No sun here today, Thanks for everything! Love, L&O
131 Kern Street
Salina, Calif. 93901
70 units. All color TV. Direct dial phones. Free local calls. Heated swimming pool. Coffee Shop adjoining. Central heating and air conditioning in every room. Customized furniture, oversize beds. AAA Approved. Easy access to and from Freeway. Near central business district.
1601 Coast Blvd. No. (U.S. 101)
Laguna Beach, Calif.
Phone: 4-3537
Spacious, Comfortable Rooms & Apt's. with All-tile showers - radios - Panel Ray Heat. Conveniently located to wonderful beaches and other vacation activities. Golf privileges. AAA Approved. member of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Direct access from US 99 at Dwight Way. Commanding view of Mt. Shasta. Large heated pool - long beds. Refrigerated air condition. Auxiliary garden units off freeway. Room phones. AAA Approved. Diners' Club, Bankamericard, American Express accepted. Member of the Best Western Motels.
1940 Broadway, Fresno 21, California
Phone: ADams 7-5176
Located in the Heart of Town. 35 very attractive and distinctively furnished, fully sound-proof units with phones, radios and TV. Refrigerated individually controlled Air Conditioning. Away from truck lane and railroads. Modest rates.
7640 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, Calif.
Across from the new "MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM" - 1 Block north of Knott's Berry Farm - 10 Minutes to Disneyland - At the junction of hifhway 39 and 91.
Your Owner Hosts: Gino and Carol Andreoni.
New, Ultra Modern, Air Conditioned Hotel Rooms, all with private tile baths and individually controlled hot water heat. Beautyrest mattresses. Room television.
Restaurant serving the finest foods.
Telephone MUtual 9-2571
On U.S. No. 1, 500 yds. so. of U.S. 58, six miles south of South Hill, Va.
"Nearest Motel to John H. Kerr Dam"
Soundproof, large modern rooms and apartments. Full tile baths, recorded music and TV in rooms. Near good restaurants. Off Hiway, 150 feet from Harrah's Club and Casinos. No parking problems. Private beach and boat ramp privileges at beauitful Lake Tahoes's South Shore.
Ed and Elva Silvera, Owner-Managers
P.O. Box 205, Stateline, California
Phone KImball 4-3045
P.O. Box ST
South Lake Tahoe, California 95705
Located one-half block from clubs and casinos. Steam heat, TV, phones, courtesy coffee, kitchenettes available. Private beach privileges and boat harbor. Owner manager.
On the fabulous "Sunset Strip"
8775 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood-Los Angeles, Calif. 90069
OLympia 2-0030
75 Units. Choice of Suites or Lanai Suites - all air-conditioned; Heated Pool; TV; Cocktail Lounge; Restaurant; Room food service.
The card was mailed from Los Angeles, California to Mr. Malcolm Fleschner of New York, New York in 1968:
Dear Mal,
Having surgery - (polyps in colon) Wed 10:30 AM 6/12/68 at Mi Sinai 8720 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles 48, Calif. Been eating ice cream sodas like mad. Love, Zadie Skelly.
1007 E. Main - Santa Maria, California 93454
Telephone WA 2-4045
71 Luxury Rooms - King and Queen beds - heated pool - 24 hr. Switchboard - Best Western - AAA - Excellent Restaurant Adjoining.
Mailed from Santa Maria, California to Mrs. Marion McNary of Glendale, California on Jul 25, 1968:
Hi Pal,
Surprized, to find us in Santa Maria instead of San Diego. Ben doesn't mind the drive up this way. Traffic, not so bad, See you next week.
Love Augusta & Ben
Mojave Travelodge
Highway 58
Mojave, California 93501 - Phone 824-2441
TV, Swimming Pool, Air Conditioning, Room phones
Desert Recreation - Highway to Hunting and Fishing Areas in the High Sierras Rockhound's Paradise
2137 Pacific Highway
San Diego, Calif.
24 Deluxe Units - King Size Beds - Coffee Shop - Dining Room - Cocktails
2265 Lombard St.
US Hwy. 101
San Francisco, CA
A new establishment offering a complete variety of accommodations. Individually controlled heat. TV, radio and telephone in all units. Elevator. Kitchenettes. Close to downtown San Francisco and famed Fisherman's Wharf. AAA Approved. A Member of the Best Western Motels.
On US 101, Downtown
1305 Pacific Highway, US 101
San Diego, California
Telephone: Franklin 0398
Recommended by: AAA, Duncan Hines, Automobile Club of Southern California
5662 Lincoln Ave.
Cypress, Calif.
Phone Taylor 8-4213
On Hiway #18 and #91
15 Minutes to Disneyland
6 Minutes to Knotts Berry Farm
All Deluxe Units - Air Conditioned - Kitchens - TV -2 Heated Pools - Free Morning Coffee. Heart of Funland. Owner Operated.
The Luxurious, Spacious, 73 Unit Motel Capri offers the finest in modern convenience.
Extra large swimming pool, phones, 21" TV, all extra long or King Size beds, coffee, refrigerated air, individual electric heat.
Truly....
"A VACATION FOR A NIGHT"
Business Loop 5, 4620 South, Redding, California 96001
Phone 241-1156
Elreno-Harrison - Owner
2017 West Capitol Avenue
West Sacramento, California
CLEAN - QUIET - COMFORTABLE
10 Modern Units, Tile Showers, Kitchens. Individual Garages. Less than 2 miles to Downtown Sacramento and State Capitol Park. Drive-in Theatre and Good Restaurants nearby.
Phone: FRontier 1-6630
435 W. Washington - Highway 395
Phone (714) 745-2800
56 units - Air conditioned - Direct dial Phones - TV - Heated pool - King Size beds and Fireplaces available. Fireside restaurant on premises.
232 West Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, California 93101
AAA Approved. Diners' Club, American Express & Carte Blanche Accepted.
An Albert Pick Motel
2300 Auburn Blvd. (Highway 40 at Bell St.)
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
Phone: 482-5220 Teletype: 916-444-3961
200 Air-conditioned rooms with TV and radio. Cocktail lounge and three restaurants, including 24-hour Coffee Shop. Swimming and wading pools. No room charge for children. Free Parking.
The card was mailed from Sacramento, California to Mr. & Mrs. George Cross of Claremont, New Hampshire on February 12, 1968:
Hi-
Hope you are over your colds now. Weather is fine here although cool each morning. Am going to visit my brother Saturday. Always, Bill
1925 North Wilson Way, (Business Rt. 50 & 99). Phone Howard 6-4086 Stockton, Calif. One of the newest deluxe motels. 20 luxurious units, cooled by refrigeration, individually heated, room phones, televisions, swimming pool, convenient to restaurants. AAA Approved.
Harvey & Ina Smith - Owners-Operators
7051 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood 28, California
Phone: 462-0905
In the heart of Hollywood. Beautifully decorated rooms, Electrically Heated and Air-Conditioned. Heated swimming pool. Patio Lounge, Room Phones, Free TV, Elevator, Complimentary Coffee. Recommended by AAA. Automobile Club of Southern California. Owner-Managed.
Overlooking the beach in Santa Monica. 115 De Luxe Units, TV, Private Patios, coffee shop and dining room, nightly dancing and entertainment.
1700 Ocean Ave. EXbrook 3-0331
Recommended by AAA and Duncan Hines.
A Doric Motor Hotel/Motel
On the Boulevard of the Rose Parade
2767 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, California
Telephone: Sycamore 6-1466
Recommended by: AAA, Duncan Hines, Automobile Club of Southern California
Phone: TUrner 9-2556
Mail Address Rt.1 Box 380
WHERE HOSPITALITY NEVER CEASES
Foot of Cajon Pass on US Highway 66-91-395
Near world famous desert and mountain resort areas. 9 miles north of downtown San Bernadino, Calif. ALL MODERN UNITS - RADIO & TV - PATIO and PLAYGROUND - AAA Approved - Member of the California Motel Association.
The card was mailed from San Bernadino, California to Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Webber of Everett, Washington on October 4, 1958:
Oct 3-58
Just got in to this motel & staying here tonight. Will be going in to Tova's home tomorrow morning. Had a nice trip so far but very hot in the desert, Be sure to feed Sally.
Regards,
Ola
New - Luxurious - Convenient
Free TV in rooms, Deluxe units with kitchenettes
"Sleep on a Beautyrest"
Phone Service in each room. Pacific Beach - the cleanest, safest beach in California. AAA Approved.
4445 Ocean Blvd.
San Diego, Calif
HU 8-6979
Photo in Living Color by Ames
The writing on the back says:
July 12, 1962
"Right on the Ocean"
10th and Strand - Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Phone: Frontier 2-9552
Singles or families - Kitchens or Light Housekeeping - Free TV - Heated Fresh Water Pool
1601 Willow Pass Road, Concord, California
125 Luxurious rooms, with golf, swimming, dining, dancing, cocktails, banquet and convention facilities. Guest accommodations include 24 hr. phone service, air conditioning, sauna baths, room service.
30 miles east of San Francisco on Interstate Freeway 680.
1716 5th St.
Eureka, Calif.
Television - Telephone - Teletype - Heated Pool - Coffee Shoppe - Lounge - Steam Heat - Bank Amer. and Amer. Express Credit Cards acceptable. North of business center on highway going north. Watch for motel sign over highway. Owner-Managed. A Member of the Best Western Motels.
920 So. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles 15, Calif.
Hotel luxury at motel rates, just 2 blocks So. of Statler-Hilton in downtown Los Angeles.
Free garage parking - Elevator to your room. Complimentary coffee and refrigerators in every room. Conference room - kitchens available.
