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DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Molly Pitcher Hotel

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

The Molly Pitcher Hotel opened on South Hanover Street in downtown Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1919. It was built tight against the sidewalk and up against the adjacent buildings in the traditional way of the Pennsylvania Dutch towns.

The Westporter

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Westporter

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

The Westporter was a sprawling, U-shaped motel complex built in the 1950s on the burgeoning Boston Post Road commercial strip between Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut.

Smith's Tourist Court

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Mayme Smith’s Motel and Service Station

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

Route 36 was the not-40 way across the Midwest in the pre-Interstate past, a less-traveled shortcut that went for miles and miles with nary a curve through not-much.

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