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Vintage post card from around 1966 from Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA. An open car mono -rail runs around the park in 2014.
Early 1960's post card view of the Tangiers Motel
4944 South Archer Avenue
Chicago, IL
Cook County. USA
Now known as the Carlton Inn.
A two story building was added to the center of the parking lot at some point and the entire brick exterior was painted a dark charcoal grey.
www.google.com/maps/place/4944+S+Archer+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+...
1995 was my first visit to Wisconsin Dells and this place was known as Fischer's Supper Club. Perhaps one of the finest restaurants in the Wisconsin Dells area. Fischer's was known for its prime rib and fresh walleye pike and nightly piano entertainment. I think they also had a harp player too?
Sadly they closed a several years back. The place had been converted into a Mexican restaurant. In 2010, the restaurant was changed to an Italian Restaurant.
A changing clientele in the Dells seems to want themed restaurants with relatively fast food delivered to their tables.
Click here for 1995 view of the neon sign flic.kr/p/3JLBFi
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine. This motel appears on the google aerial map, but it appears to be abandoned
Address is 401 S Vine Street
I also saw it listed as far back in my 1957-58 AAA Guidebook.
Google street view maps shows the motel in 2012
2019 was the next street view picture and the motel was gone
What might have been an office building remains but has a redesigned roofline that used to be a flat roof and is now sloped downward, front to back. A home is also attached to the office building.
2019 view goo.gl/maps/TrbAAXrwVUiNtu516
Vintage picture ads from the Chicago Motor Club AAA book called : What To See and Where to Stop in Florida.
1979 Kodakchrome slide purchased from an estate sale.
Calvin Coolidge homestead, Vermont. USA. The Wilder Barn is seen on left. The Wilder House is on the right
From Wikipedia:
The Coolidge Homestead, also known as Calvin Coolidge Homestead District or President Calvin Coolidge State Historical Site, was the childhood home of the thirtieth President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge and the place where he took the presidential oath of office. Located in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Coolidge lived there from age four in 1876 to 1887, when he departed for Black River Academy for education. He is buried in Plymouth Notch Cemetery not far from the home.
History
The home was bought by his father, John Coolidge, who expanded it from a simple 1 1⁄2-story farm house to its present size and appearance today.
Despite living most of his life in Northampton, Massachusetts, Calvin Coolidge often returned to the homestead to visit his family, and he was staying there when President Warren G. Harding, died. Coolidge was sworn in by his father in the family parlor after taking the Oath of Office for the presidency. Due to his father's refusal to modernize the house it remains in the same condition, and in some cases with the same furnishings, as it was the night Coolidge took the oath. The Inaugural Room itself is behind glass, but a visitor can stand in an alcove and see the lamp, Bible, and table that were used in the ceremony, all placed in their historic positions.
The Homestead District includes:[3]
A Visitors Center
Coolidge Homestead
Farmer's Museum
Wilder House
Wilder Horse Barn
Old Coolidge Farmhouse/Florence Ciley General Store/Coolidge Hall
Coolidge Farm Shop
Plymouth Cheese Factory (cheese making museum upstairs)
One-Room Schoolhouse
Azro Johnson House
Union Christian Church
Carrie Brown Coolidge Garden (begun by the President's stepmother)
Aldrich House
Top of the Notch Cabins (1927 tourist accommodations)
Brown Family Farmhouse
Plymouth Notch Cemetery
The district was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.[2][3]
Today, the Coolidge Homestead is part of the Calvin Coolidge State Historical Site overseen by the state of Vermont. As far as possible the buildings have been returned to the conditions they were in when Coolidge was president. A simple video and picture display of his life is shown in the barn. The rooms in Coolidge Hall that he used as a Summer White House in 1924 have been restored and a video of contemporary newsreel film added.
It is located west and north of Vermont Route 100A in Plymouth Notch, and open daily from 9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M, late May to mid-October. Four generations of the family, including the President, are buried in nearby Plymouth Notch Cemetery. The Calvin Coolidge State Park, a developed part of the Coolidge State Forest, is also close by.
Vintage brochure found at a recent estate sale.
RAIL HAVEN MOTEL
203 South Glenstone
Springfield, Missouri.
Now known as Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven Motel
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine.
One of my favorite places to eat in the Dells in the 90's. They had a piano player and a harp player nightly.
This building was an original Packard Automobile Dealership at one time, now home of the Citizen's Motorcar Co. America's Packard Museum, Dayton, OH
Vintage picture ads from the Chicago Motor Club AAA book called : What To See and Where to Stop in Florida.
This building was an original Packard Automobile Dealership at one time, now home of the Citizen's Motorcar Co. America's Packard Museum, Dayton, OH
420 S. Ludlow St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Office 937.226-1710
Fax 937.224.1918
The Story of The Citizens Motorcar Company
The Packard Motor Car Company comes to life again in America's Packard Museum. The museum was founded in 1992 by Dayton attorney and long-time car collector Bob Signom. Located in the original Packard Dealership Building which was built in 1917, the museum has officially taken the name of the original dealership - The Citizens Motorcar Company - but has become known as "America's Packard Museum". The January 1998 edition of Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the "Top Ten" Museums in The United States. In 2004, the Society of Automotive Historians conferred the prestigious James J. Bradley Award upon the Museum for its exemplary efforts in preserving motor vehicle resource materials. Only six other U.S. museums have received the Bradley Award.
Signom brought The Citizens Motorcar Company "back to life," as the only restored Packard dealership operating as a museum. The museum features over 50 automobiles on display in the restored Art Deco showroom, service department and pavillion. In addition, significant artifacts from the Packard Motorcar Company are on display. The museum has become a popular destination for travelers and residents alike. In 1993 the museum was acknowledged by the Montgomery County Historical Society with its Annual Award for restoration of a commercial building. The museum's neighborhood has been named Dayton's Motorcar District.
In 1993 Packard Automobile Classics (The Packard Club) relocated its headquarters from Oakland, California to the Dayton museum. In June, 1996, the Wright Brothers Region of PAC, in Dayton, hosted the Packard National Meet, with multiple events at the Museum, which attracted more than 400 Packard enthusiasts from across the US, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and the UK. The PAC office is today located in Columbus, Ohio. America's Packard Museum is an Affiliate Organization of The Packard Club.
A Section 501 (c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code whose mission is to educate present and future generations about the Packard Motor Car Company, it's products and philosophies.
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine. Still open in 2018.
910 Wisconsin Dells Parkway
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk Counties, USA.
The Mayflower Motel replaced the defunct Hiilltop Motel. The corporation that bought the Flamingo Motel just north bought the Mayflower and renamed it Flamingo Motel South around 2014. Both locations closed in 2021 . (See more in the comment section)
Update: demolition begun October 2023
Undated post card found at an estate sale. J & R Tinge Collection.
The Alpine Motel is still business in 2018. A swimming pool is on the side of the building, presently. The roof top sign is also still in place but may be a newer one.
Alpine Motel
700 Hill Street (2276)
Burkesville, Kentucky
USA
Alpine's History
From a paper insert issued in 1953 introducing the new Alpine Mountain View Motel:
Alpine Lodge
Visit Kentucky's Newest – Finest Tourist Mecca
AAA AFFILIATED
Turn The Key To Friendly Hospitality And Luxurious Lodging
MAKE THE ALPINE MOTEL
BURKESVILLE, KENTUCKY
Your Stop Enroute From Mammoth Cave To
The Great Smokies Or Cumberland Falls.
The shortest, best and most scenic route with the least traffic from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf and Florida is trough Burkesville, Kentucky.
The Motel is now in full operation with the finest overnight accomodations to be found anywhere – Come to Kentucky for your vacation, where hospitality is a habit as old as Kentucky herself.
STANDARD RATES --- DINING SERVICE
COMPARE THE PRICES, COMPARE THE FEATURES AND YOU WILL AGREE IT IS THE BEST PLACE IN KENTUCKY TO EAT AND SLEEP. LOCATED BETWEEN THE LAKES.
WHETHER FROM NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST YOU WANT TO STOP AT THE ALPINE MOTEL FOR OVERNIGHT SLEEPING COMFORT AND THE SOUTH'S FINEST FOOD. – YOU MAY HAVE WITHOUT CHARGE A MILLION DOLLAR VIEW OF MOUNTAINS, STREAMS, VALLEYS AND PLATEAUS
Conveniently Located Atop “Cumberland Overlook,” Burkesville, Ky., on Kentucky 90 The Park-to-Park Highway Connecting Mammoth Cave and Cumberland Falls, Midway Between Lake Cumberland and Dale Hollow Lake, Famous Fishermen's Paradise.
THIS UNIQUE MOTEL IS THE PRIDE OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
An Outstanding Tourist's Mecca Reached By A Paved Road 50 Yards Off Highway No. 90 – Adequate Parking Space
NEITHER PAINS; NOR EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED TO MAKE THE ALPINE MOTEL THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN KENTUCKY
VISIT THE CIRCULAR CANTILEVERED LOOKOUT TOWER
Affording A Vista of the Beautiful Cumberland Mountains
SEE HISTORIC BURIAL PLACE NEAR ALPINE MOTEL
The historic grave of Captain Jack McLain, Co. J, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, whose strange but fulfilled request, that he be buried on top of the highest hill overlooking Burkesville, Kentucky, as that was as near Heaven as he would ever get, is one of the most interesting and dramatic episodes following the Civil War. The grave is located near the Inn.
ACCOMODATIONS ARE ELABORATE!
At the ALPINE MOTEL you will find rooms with carpeted floors furnished attractively and comfortably, with Beauty Rest mattresses, foam rubber pillows, ceramic tile baths, showers and fixtures in your favorite colors, plus picture windows flanked by aluminum awning type openings and private screened porches, Beautiful beamed ceilings of Washington fir.
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOMS OPTIONAL
ELECTRIC RADIANT HEAT
Thermostatic Controlled, Safe and Convenient.
“TELETALK” CONNECTION IN EVERY UNIT FOR PROMPT SERVICE
Motel is in City Limits, Affording Municipally Owned Water and Sewer Service.
Single and Connecting Rooms, Suites and Apartments With Choice of Tub or Shower
TELEVISION IN MAIN DINING ROOM
DINING ROOM IS AIR-CONDITIONED
The Dining Room, under separate roof, is on the ground floor level, with large open fireplace and plenty of picture windows, It is air-conditioned, as is also the Coffee Shoppe and Fountain Bar adjacent to the Dining Room.
ALSO PRIVATE DINING ROOMS AVAILABLE. The food is prepared by a trained chef and is excelled. Everything modern science can furnish for your comfort, Health and enjoyment is available at the ALPINE MOTEL. Cool nights out of the sound of traffic.
EXTRA CONVENIENCES
AT THE OFFICE MAY BE FOUND A COMPLETE LINE OF NEEDED ITEMS SUCH AS – MAGAZINES, KODAK FILMS, CARDS, STAMPS, LARGE SELECT LINE OF SOUVENIRS, CANDY, CIGARETTES, ETC.
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine.
461 Wisconsin Dells Parkway
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk Counties, USA
The Pine Aire motel was demolished along with the adjacent Evergreen Motel to make room for a new Marriot Springhill Suites and a Fairfield Inn opening in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine. Still open in 2018.
😭Sad to report the Indian Trail Motel closed forever on June 18, 2020 (per their Facebook Page). The owner kept the vintage neon sign despite being offered $15,000 for it. The motel was demolished and a three story Condominium and a Kwik Trip Convenience Store / Gas Station / Car Wash was built.
2021 Google Street view
Perhaps one of the finest restaurant in the Wisconsin Dells area. Fischer's was known for its prime rib and fresh walleye pike and nightly piano entertainment. Sadly they closed a several years back. The place has been converted into a Mexican restaurant. In 2010 the restaurant was changed to an Italian Restaurant.
A changing clientele in the Dells seems to want themed restaurants with relatively fast food delivered to their tables.
I wish I had a better picture, but I this is the best I could do in 1995 with what I had..
Visitors walk around the walking path that surrounds Meadow Lake at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.
Ads scanned from a 1983 Wisconsin Dells Travel Guide magazine.
1781 Wisconsin Dells Parkway
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk Counties, USA
Playday Motel was demolished to accomodate Mount Olympus Theme Parks expanding waterpark.
Vintage picture ads from the Chicago Motor Club AAA book called : What To See and Where to Stop in Florida.
This building was an original Packard Automobile Dealership at one time, now home of the Citizen's Motorcar Co. America's Packard Museum, Dayton, OH
Unused post card from a recent estate sale. Year of publication unknown. The caption on back reads...
Glen House and Motel on St Lawrence River, via MacDonald-Cartier Freeway (HWY 401) 3 miles west of Thousand Islands Bridge, 6 miles east of Gananoque. Main lodge cottages, modern motel, Family units - American or European Plan. Boats, motors, boat ramp, fishing, good swimming, playground, golf nearby, boat tours. AAA Rated.
Still here is 2021 now known as the
Glen House Resort
409 Thousand Island Parkway
Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada
This building was an original Packard Automobile Dealership at one time, now home of the Citizen's Motorcar Co. America's Packard Museum, Dayton, OH