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Category Archives: Postcards

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Good-Bye Pennsylvania 6-5000

News, Postcards, UncategorizedBy SCAApril 18, 2021

When New York City’s Hotel Pennsylvania opened in 1919 it was the largest hotel in the world, with 2,200 rooms each with its own private bathroom, then an unprecedented amenity for a hotel of this scale.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Country Squire Diner

PostcardsBy SCAApril 15, 2021

This mid-1960s postcard view of the Country Squire presents the diner and Philadelphia’s western suburbs as cutting-edge Modern.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Wagon Wheel Lodge

PostcardsBy SCAMarch 29, 2021

Walt Williamson started building his rustic, roadside wonder in 1936 using utility poles and old bridge beams.

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