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Clifton Hotel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Clifton Hotel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the Clifton Hotel in Niagara Falls, Canada, site of the Niagara Falls Peace Conference of 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Old Capitol Hotel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Old Capitol Hotel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of a hotel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jerusalem. Embassador Hotel on Mt. Scopus

Jerusalem. Embassador Hotel on Mt. Scopus

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. IX

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. IX

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

English Motel, Amarillo, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

English Motel, Amarillo, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Rhodes Motel sign, North Little Rock, Arkansas

Rhodes Motel sign, North Little Rock, Arkansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Remington Arms Motel, Ainsworth, Nebraska

Remington Arms Motel, Ainsworth, Nebraska

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Rambler Motel sign, Route 66, Shamrock, Texas

Rambler Motel sign, Route 66, Shamrock, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Red Run Lodge, Rouzerville, Pennsylvania

Red Run Lodge, Rouzerville, Pennsylvania

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Melba Motor Court, Spencer, North Carolina

Melba Motor Court, Spencer, North Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Trails End Motel, view of another unit, Route 2, Hanover, Maine

Trails End Motel, view of another unit, Route 2, Hanover, Maine

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Tourist cabins; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More

Fulton's Cabins, Route 1, Pembroke, Maine

Fulton's Cabins, Route 1, Pembroke, Maine

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Flamingo Motel sign, Route 40, Salina, Kansas

Flamingo Motel sign, Route 40, Salina, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Lark Motel sign, vertical view, Route 101, Willits, California

Lark Motel sign, vertical view, Route 101, Willits, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Rainbow Motel sign, B-90, Livingston, Montana

Rainbow Motel sign, B-90, Livingston, Montana

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Wigwam Motel, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona

Wigwam Motel, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona

The brain child of Frank Redford. There were originally seven Wigwam Motels. The wigwams have a steel frame covered with wood, felt and canvas under a cement stucco exterior. Title, date, and subjects provided ... More

High Hat historic motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

High Hat historic motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama

A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama

A.G. Gaston, the millionaire black businessman, bailed Martin Luther King, Jr., out of a Birmingham jail in 1963. Reverend King stayed at the A.G. Gaston Motel during his visits to plan the Civil Rights protest... More

Economy Inn historic sign in Cullman, Alabama

Economy Inn historic sign in Cullman, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Motel in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway

Motel in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in which guests may opt to stay and sleep in a caboose or other restored, antique railroad car. Dunsmuir, California

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in w...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in which guests may opt to stay and sleep in a caboose or other restored, antique railroad car. Dunsmuir, California

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in w...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The Flores Motel in the Florence-Graham section of South Central Los Angeles, California

The Flores Motel in the Florence-Graham section of South Central Los A...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The weatherbeaten sign for the old Texan Motel in the town of Shamrock, along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas panhandle

The weatherbeaten sign for the old Texan Motel in the town of Shamrock...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Distinctive canted doorway at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Distinctive canted doorway at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, Cali...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed by William F. Cody, the hotel opened in 1947. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Ameri... More

Swimming pool at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Swimming pool at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed by William F. Cody. The hotel opened in 1947. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Ameri... More

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas Highway 180, which used to be the main highway between Dallas and Fort Worth

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Entrance to the Marathon Motel and RV Park, outside Marathon, Texas

Entrance to the Marathon Motel and RV Park, outside Marathon, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Good luck was in short supply at the closed Shamrock Motel in Texarkana, Texas

Good luck was in short supply at the closed Shamrock Motel in Texarkan...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Sign for an abandoned motel in Monahans, southwest of Odessa in Ward County, Texas

Sign for an abandoned motel in Monahans, southwest of Odessa in Ward C...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The distinctive street sign of the Ponca Motel, reminiscent of the original Pontiac automobile hood emblem, in Abilene, Texas

The distinctive street sign of the Ponca Motel, reminiscent of the ori...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Sign for the Trail Riders Motel in Granby, Colorado, next to the southern entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park

Sign for the Trail Riders Motel in Granby, Colorado, next to the south...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Cozy Northern Lights Motor Court office, Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine (LOC)

Cozy Northern Lights Motor Court office, Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine (L...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Cozy Northern Lights Motor Court office, Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine..1984...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on ... More

Palomar Motel, cabin view, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana (LOC)

Palomar Motel, cabin view, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Palomar Motel, cabin view, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana..1982...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on inf... More

Palomar Motel, diagonal view 1, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana (LOC)

Palomar Motel, diagonal view 1, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana ...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Palomar Motel, diagonal view 1, Routes 79 & 80, Shreveport, Louisiana..1982...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based o... More

Shangri-a Motel, longest diagonal view, Wyatt Earp Boulevard, Dodge City, Kansas (LOC)

Shangri-a Motel, longest diagonal view, Wyatt Earp Boulevard, Dodge Ci...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Shangri-a Motel, longest diagonal view, Wyatt Earp Boulevard, Dodge City, Kansas..1979...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywo... More

Sunset Motor Court, overall view 1, Route 1, Trenton, Maine (LOC)

Sunset Motor Court, overall view 1, Route 1, Trenton, Maine (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Sunset Motor Court, overall view 1, Route 1, Trenton, Maine..1995...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on informat... More

Lake Hotel, .5 mile East of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 miles southwest of Lake Junction, Lake, Teton County, WY

Lake Hotel, .5 mile East of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 miles southwest of L...

Significance: As the oldest remaining hotel within Yellowstone National Park, Lake Hotel reflects the changes in visitor needs since its opening in 1891. It also represents the changes in architectural tastes ... More

Lisbon-Paoli Hotel, 45121 Ukiah Street, Mendocino, Mendocino County, CA

Lisbon-Paoli Hotel, 45121 Ukiah Street, Mendocino, Mendocino County, C...

Significance: This early Mendocino structure bears the signature decorative balcony railing of local builder John D. Johnson. In its early years, the hotel catered primarily to the Portuguese population. Gues... More

Mission Motel, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Mission Motel, built in 1938 with additions in 1945 and 1951, was an outstanding example of a California regional theme motel of the interwar and early postwar years. It was the largest, most... More

Mission Motel, Six & Ten-Unit Buildings, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, Six & Ten-Unit Buildings, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oak...

Survey number: HABS CA-2651-D Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commercial Hotel & Coffee House, 44-45 Northern Street, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Commercial Hotel & Coffee House, 44-45 Northern Street, Charlotte Amal...

Significance: This is a large, prominent commercial building in the heart of Charlotte Amalie; it was built in the mid-nineteenth century and is in continuous use as a hotel. Survey number: HABS VI-8 Building... More

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2651-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2651-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2651-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Imperial Hotel, Petoskey - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Imperial Hotel, Petoskey - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Central facade, Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.

Central facade, Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.

Public domain photograph of hotel resort, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Hotel, Main Square, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA

Old Hotel, Main Square, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Rice's Gas Station Complex, Motel, Kimmerly Lots, South of Avon, 32 miles West of Helena, Avon, Powell County, MT

Rice's Gas Station Complex, Motel, Kimmerly Lots, South of Avon, 32 mi...

Significance: The gas station and motel are examples of 1930s filling station and automobile-related commercial lodging facilities made popular with new highway construction and increased automobile use at the ... More

Alaskan Hotel, 600 First Street, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Alaskan Hotel, 600 First Street, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, ...

Survey number: HABS AK-155 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. V

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. V

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. III

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. III

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief Motel, Houston, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Chief Motel, Houston, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, Savannah, Georgia

Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, Savannah, Georgia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Hammer Motel sign, Kearney, Nebraska

Hammer Motel sign, Kearney, Nebraska

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Mrs. Gibble's Motel, Greencastle, Pennsylvania

Mrs. Gibble's Motel, Greencastle, Pennsylvania

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Rosebud Motel sign, sign detail, Route 30, Columbus, Nebraska

Rosebud Motel sign, sign detail, Route 30, Columbus, Nebraska

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Rosebud Motel sign, entire sign, Route 30, Columbus, Nebraska

Rosebud Motel sign, entire sign, Route 30, Columbus, Nebraska

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Log Cabin Motel, closer front view, 830 Market Street, Morro Bay, California

Log Cabin Motel, closer front view, 830 Market Street, Morro Bay, Cali...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Motels (connected lines and multi-story); Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line:... More

Western Safari Motel sign, St. George Boulevard, Saint George, Utah

Western Safari Motel sign, St. George Boulevard, Saint George, Utah

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Chippewa Motel sign, Marlborough, Missouri

Chippewa Motel sign, Marlborough, Missouri

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Old motel southeast of Van Horn, Texas

Old motel southeast of Van Horn, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Green Village Court, North Woodstock, New Hampshire

Green Village Court, North Woodstock, New Hampshire

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Pony Express Motel sign, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Pony Express Motel sign, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Nite Cap Motel sign, Route 2, Williston, North Dakota

Nite Cap Motel sign, Route 2, Williston, North Dakota

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Signs and statues; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadsid... More

Duellman's Motel sign, Westmont, Illinois

Duellman's Motel sign, Westmont, Illinois

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Pine Lodge Motel, Spokane, Washington

Pine Lodge Motel, Spokane, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Riviera Motel sign, Aurora, Colorado

Riviera Motel sign, Aurora, Colorado

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

A vintage car outside the also vintage El Trovatore Motel in Kingman, Arizona

A vintage car outside the also vintage El Trovatore Motel in Kingman, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. What was then the El Trovatore Court was built in 1939 by John F. Miller, who gained fame and fortune years before by building the fir... More

A vintage locomotive plow at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in which guests may opt to stay and sleep in a caboose or other restored, antique railroad car. Dunsmuir, California

A vintage locomotive plow at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and reso...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas Highway 180, which used to be the main highway between Dallas and Fort Worth

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Motel Crystal Pier, side view, Pacific Beach, California (LOC)

Motel Crystal Pier, side view, Pacific Beach, California (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Motel Crystal Pier, side view, Pacific Beach, California..1985...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on information... More

Pemi Motor Court, one cabin, Route 3, North Woodstock, New Hampshire (LOC)

Pemi Motor Court, one cabin, Route 3, North Woodstock, New Hampshire (...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Pemi Motor Court, one cabin, Route 3, North Woodstock, New Hampshire..1995...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on... More

Excelsior Hotel, Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Excelsior Hotel, Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Significance: This hotel, while changing ownership many times, has remained in continuous operation since the 1850's. The original frame portion is similar to many roadside inns built in the mid-nineteenth cent... More

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2651-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Hotel, Hotel Building, .5 mile east of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 miles southwest of Lake Junction, Lake, Teton County, WY

Lake Hotel, Hotel Building, .5 mile east of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 mile...

Survey number: HABS WY-121-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91000637

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More

Rio Motel, 4810 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ

Rio Motel, 4810 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ

2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Rio Motel is the last of over 200 historic motels which visitors see before the boardwalk and beach. An amalgam of the diverse motel styles found in the c... More

Shoreham Hotel, Lincoln & Lehigh Avenues, Cape May Point, Cape May County, NJ

Shoreham Hotel, Lincoln & Lehigh Avenues, Cape May Point, Cape May Cou...

Significance: This building was constructed in 1889 as the Shoreham Hotel. In design, it was more closely related to 1840s style hotels, reflecting the architectural (and social) conservatism of Cape May in com... More

Coffeeville Hotel, Illinois Central & Gulf Railroad vicinity, Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, MS

Coffeeville Hotel, Illinois Central & Gulf Railroad vicinity, Coffeevi...

Significance: From 1906 until World War II, the Coffeeville Hotel played an important role in the business life of the town of Coffeeville. For over seventy-five years it has been a local landmark due to its p... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove, Clark County, NV

Cottonwood Cove Developed Area, Cottonwood Cove Road, Cottonwood Cove,...

Significance: The Cottonwood Cove Developed Area was largely planned and built under the Mission 66 program; the Mission 66 Master Plan was the first master plan fully implemented in the recreation area. Develo... More

Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL

Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL

Survey number: HABS FL-380 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction

Leger Hotel, Main Street, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, CA

Leger Hotel, Main Street, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1874 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign outside the Stardust, one of a string of 1940s-vintage motels in downtown Redding, California

Sign outside the Stardust, one of a string of 1940s-vintage motels in ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wigwam Village #7, Rialto, California

Wigwam Village #7, Rialto, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Wigwam Village #7, Rialto, California

Wigwam Village #7, Rialto, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

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