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DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Husted Cabins

PostcardsBy SCAMay 5, 2020Leave a comment

This circa 1930 postcard of Husted Cabins on US 40 between Marshall and Clark Center, Illinois, captures a time during the early auto age when farmers lucky enough to be on a major trunk route reaped a windfall of auto-oriented commerce.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: “Motel Postcard Pool Pose” in Wildwood, New Jersey.

Postcards, UncategorizedBy SCAMay 5, 2020Leave a comment

The free motel postcard was once a vacation standard. Proprietors expected guests would send a pile of postcards to their friends and family telling them what a wonderful vacation they were having and the motel would reap the free advertising.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Pig and Whistle

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

“Pig and Whistle” is an old English phrase that meant to fall upon hard times or ruin.

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