"Sol-Mar Motel," Jacksonville Beach, Florida, circa 1955
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By the 1950s, motels faced increasing competition from a plethora of other motels, more modern motor inns in urban areas, and the hugely popular Holiday Inn chain (started 1952). Newer motel designs like this one had multiple stories, swimming pools, and larger rooms with an array of features that included wall-to-wall carpeting, air-conditioning, free ice, in-room telephones, and TVs.
By the 1950s, motels faced increasing competition from a plethora of other motels, more modern motor inns in urban areas, and the hugely popular Holiday Inn chain (started 1952). Newer motel designs like this one had multiple stories, swimming pools, and larger rooms with an array of features that included wall-to-wall carpeting, air-conditioning, free ice, in-room telephones, and TVs.
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
circa 1955
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.9.3.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
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