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Category Archives: Postcards

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.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Lemon Grove’s Giant Lemon

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

In the roadside world of Big Food, California has giant citrus lying around all over the place including Lemon Grove’s Giant Lemon.

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