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Category Archives: Postcards

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Golden Star Diner

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

The mobile, prefabricated restaurant known as the diner originating in the mill towns of New England in the 1870s, but shifted to New Jersey in the early 20th century where manufacturers like O’Mahony, Fodero, Kullman, Paramount, Paterson Vehicle, Mountain View, and Swingle scattered diners to the roadside.

Club Flamingo

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Club Flamingo

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

The dinner-dance club was a staple in every urban entertainment district in the country from the 1930s into the 1960s.

Crazy Water

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Crazy Water

PostcardsBy SCAMay 3, 2020Leave a comment

The gateway arch sign to Mineral Wells, Texas, advertises the home-ground CRAZY Water, the mineral-laden water that caused this small spot on the prairie west of Fort Worth to be the mineral springs spa of central Texas from the 1880s to the 1940s.

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