DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Downtowners
Downtowners, Rowntowners and five stories of breeze block in Danville, Virginia!
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Husted Cabins
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.
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.