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| Greenbrier |
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad for a resort that has a lot of history about it although most of it came after this ad was printed. The ad has a stately picture of the building with immense columns under a headline that announces that "A wonderful new Greenbrier will open April 19th" and the text explains that the outside is the same but each room has received individual attention from the noted Dorothy Draper. The ad has no mention of the underground bunkers or any plans to build enough secure space to house the President and anyone else that might be deemed important. Shades of Dr. Strangelove. |
April 5, 1948 Time magazine |
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| Greenbriar |
Full color 7 1/4" x 10 3/4" ad for their palatial Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. There is a picture of this resort from the front and another, larger picture that shows the large pool and the scenic landscape behind it. They call it "A resort that's a way of life..." and the text talks about the various ammenities offered here. |
June 1959 Holiday |
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| Hilton |
Black and white 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" ad for the variety of Hotels that the Hilton company had around the United States at that time. The ad has a picture that shows a large Bellman waiting to help and he is surrounded by various other Bellman doing some of the tasks they do every day for the paying public. Each Bellman has the name and location of a Hilton Hotel listed next to him. There is The Stevens in Chicago, The Roosevelt in New York, The Town House in Los Angeles, the Dayton Biltmore in Dayton Ohio, the Hilton Hotels in El Paso and Lubbock Texas, the Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque New Mexico, the Palacio Hilton in Chihuahua Mexico, the Palm Beach Biltmore in Palm Beach, the Bermuciana Castle Harbour in St. George Bermuda, the Neil House in COlumbus Ohio, the Palmer House in Chicago, The Mayflower in Washington D.C. and The Plaza in New York. The ad claims that these Bellmen "...
answer over 25,000 calls every day". |
April 5, 1948 Time magazine |
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| Hilton |
Full color 9 1/4" x 13" ad for the chain of Hilton and Statler Hotels. The ad specifically mentions the "Two Great Hilton Hotels in Washington", the Mayflower and Hotel Statler. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 21, 1955 Life magazine |
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| Hilton |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that introduces the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The ad has an overhead view of this glamorous, three-winged hotel under a colorful star with the words "Introducing America's Most Sumptuous Hotel. The Beverly Hilton". They then say that "Synonymous with the gracious living of Beverly Hills, the magnificent new Beverly Hilton is the most recent member of the famous Hilton family of distinguished hotels. Ideally located at Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, the hotel is of California contemporary style and has 450 air-conditioned rooms, many with private balconies". |
August 15, 1955 Life magazine |
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| Hilton |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the fact that you can reserve a room at any of their hotels by phone. The headline, over a payphone, says "Worldwide Hilton reservations at local prices" and the text talks about the 305 local offices around the world that will make the reservations for you. |
December 1967 Fortune |
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| Holiday Inn |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for some of the Services that you can take for granted at every Holiday Inn you choose to stay at. There is a picture of a proud looking woman standing in a spotless hallway of a Holiday Inn and the headline identifies her as "Mrs. Clean". The ad indicates that you may never see her but the results of her work are evident everywhere. They claim that, around the world, they have thousands of people just like her, making every Holiday Inn a clean place to stay. |
August 25, 1972 Life magazine |
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| Hotel Amazonas |
Full color 5" x 13" ad for the Hotel Amazonas for your next short trip to Brazil. This ad shows a picture of the five story hotel along with a drawing of a Cheetah which has positioned itself on the branch of a tree and a Parrot which is sitting on a Hotel Amazonas sign with its long tail partially blocking a few of the letters. The text in the ad says "In the heart of the Amazon! In the Amazon Valley you hear the voice of the wilderness: the singing of birds, the roar of wild angels. However, if the "green Hell" is always on the alert, men also are not idle...A real paradise of modern luxury and comfort, the HOTEL AMAZONAS, landmark of civilization, has been erected in the heart of the Amazon for your comfort and delight". Near the bottom of this ad are descriptions of what was available: "Single rooms, deluxe and super deluxe suites, air conditioned apartments, cocktail bar, barbershop, beauty parlor, restaurant and grill room". |
August 1951 Holiday |
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| Howard Johnson |
Three color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the motel chain that is ready to help you. There is a picture of a lady being helped from a car parked in front of a Howard Johnson by a State Trooper and another man. The headline begins the story by saying "A family far from home, hurt and shaken; their car demolished and The Spotlight's on You" and the text continues with the story. It talks about a family who was taking their daughter to college when they were thrown out of control by a patch of ice. The one severely injured person was taken to the hospital and the police drove the rest to the nearby Howard Johnson. The owners, Mr and Mrs. Theodore Ravenel, welcomed them, drove them around and offered help for weeks to come. The ad has a picture of this wonderful couple at their Warenton, Virginia motel as it gives them that month's "Spotlight Award". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 26, 1964 Life magazine |
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| Howard Johnson's |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that wants to highlight the fact that only the Best kind of people work at their establishments. The headline establishes "A rainswept highway; a sudden crash; a trapped victim and The Spotlight's On You". The text talks about five employees of the Howard Johnson's Commissary in Bedford, Pa driving home on a rain-swept highway when the sight of a young man frantically waving to get their attention. They stop and find that he had been an occupant in a car driven by another young man and the car had slid off the road, flipped and was upside down at the bottom of a gully with the driver trapped by a crushed roof. The Howard Johnson's employees sent the other boy to get an ambulance and the five men crawled down the steep bank and began to work in the pouring rain. It took nearly thirty minutes of work but they were able to free the trapped driver just as the ambulance was arriving. The driver is now doing nicely and these five employees have been awarded the Howard Johnson's Spotlight Award which is something that hundreds of other Howard Johnson's employees have already earned. These five employees are pictured in their work clothes and the ad reminds you that this is the kind of people that Howard Johnson's hires and tries to keep. |
September 18, 1964 Life magazine |
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| Marott |
Black and white 5" x 13" ad for this incomparable hotel located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. The ad has a photo of the outside of the building taken at night and smaller photos that show the twelve function rooms, the Waterloo Bar and the Driftwood Dining Room. This ad is taller than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
January 23, 1960 Saturday Evening Post |
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| National Hotel Management |
Black and white 9" x 12 1/2" ad that talks about some of the special skills that the employees of this nationwide hotel chain possess. There is a picture of a lady standing at a blackboard and teaching several young men the proper way to call out and announce that a call is waiting for someone. "Why a Telephone Girl Teaches our Bell-Boys" is the headline and the text talks about the logic for doing it this way. Listed at the bottom of the ad are the nine hotels that were in this chain. |
May 2, 1938 Life magazine |
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| Sands |
Full color 7 3/4" x 11" ad with actor Danny Thomas for the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. The ad has a picture of the entertainer sitting on a burro in the middle of the desert and the headline "Get off your Burro!". The ad text encourages you to take the fastest way possible to get to Las Vegas and mentions the many things to keep you occupied once you get there. At the bottom of the ad is a list of the different offices they have around the country where you can book a room. |
December 6, 1963 Time magazine & January 1964 Playboy |
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| Sheraton |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a drawing of a colorful hotel with a green car pulled up to the front door. The ad headline says "In Washington - Sheraton - Park Hotel" and in the lower left hand side of the ad there is listings for the 16 hotels that they had in the United States and five in Canada. About this hotel they call it a "Favorite Washington address of many a famous visitor - formerly the Wardman Park - largest hotel in the nation's capital. In a country-club setting - with 16-acre garden, private tennis courts and swimming pool - yet only minutes from downtown Washington. A thousand rooms - with air conditioning and TV. Great new Convention Hall available 1955. Under the Sheraton Family Plan, there's no room charge for children under 14". |
September 20, 1954 Life magazine |
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| Statler |
Black and white 9 3/4" x 14" ad with a six-piece cartoon strip at the top of the ad. In the first one a man is sitting getting his fortune told by a fortune teller. She says that she sees that he is taking a trip to New York and he responds that he is going there but he doesn't have a room. In the second frame she says that she sees a key for a nice room at the Hotel Pennsylvania and he responds that is great because that is the New York Statler. In the third frame she says "Go" and he responds that he can't quite believe it but he will try anything once. In the fourth frame it shows the fourtune teller down at the telegraph station sending a telegram to, somewhere. In the fifth one he is walking into the Hotel Pennsylvania hoping to test her luck. In the sixth and last one, he is standing at the desk, identifies himself as Mr. Holmes and the clerk stops him and says they have a nice room all set for him. The ad text states that "A reservation, made far enough to advance so that we may confirm it" and that "Although certain inconveniences are unavoidable in wartime, the really important Statler services are still being maintained:. There are the prices of rooms in the Northeast being shown and they range from $3.00 to $4.50. Progress. |
June 19, 1944 Life magazine |
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| Statler |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13 3/4" ad for Statler Hotels. This ad is trying to tie Santa Claus in with the advertising for hotels. We have a six-frame set of cartoons starting off with a picture of Santa Claus taking off with his sleigh and his reindeer and flying over the igloo that, it seems, he has made all the presents for the world. In Picture #2 Santa has parked on top of a Hotel Statler and is tiptoeing towards the edge. In Picture #3, he has climbed down and is going through the bedroom window as the reindeer are looking down at him. In Picture #4, we see him fast asleep in the bed with his clothes hanging up next to the bed and his boots neatly set by the bed. In Picture #5, the banner says "Next Morning" and we see Santa, still sitting in his bed which is now hooked up to the reindeer and it is flying through the sky. And, in Picture #6, there is a picture of the hotel room that Santa stayed in and, he took the bed and left his sleigh. There is a sign on the bed saying "What A Bed. Just couldn't resist taking it. Will call for sled next year. Merry Xmas. Santa". |
December 17, 1945 Life magazine |
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| Statler |
Black and white 9" x 13 1/2" ad for the fact that anyone, no matter how important they may be, will enjoy staying at one of their Hotels. There is a five frame cartoon telling the story of the night before Christmas and how everyone at the North Pole could not find Santa Claus. They were looking through igloos and asking each other before wondering if he might be staying at the nearest Statler. The next frame shows Santa waking up, well-rested, from the comfortable bed in a Statler room and two people from the group who was looking for him helping him to get dressed. The last picture shows him climbing out of the window to go up to his reindeer and sleigh who stand waiting on the roof. The ad lists the Statlers' that were operated by the company and the other Statler hotels with the starting prices for the rooms. |
December 16, 1946 Life magazine |
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| Statler |
Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad for the Statler Hotel Chains. This is another one of the five-frame cartoons that has a story to tell. In the first one, it says that "Test Tumbe Tim, whose methods were very scientific. Was told that people everywhere think Statler is terrific. And when he heard it rumored that you really are a guest. He came with his equipment and put Statler to the test". In the second frame, "Said Test Tube Tim to Statler chef, 'With scientific zeal. I've researched your delicious food - a most rewarding meal. Your generous portions suit me fine, you serve them piping hot. If chefs could win a Nobel Prize, you'd get it right on the spot". In the third one, he is saying "'And now I'll take a sampling of this steaming H2O. Its thermal coefficient's fine...the towels gleam like snow. They're stacked up half a meter high, with soap-a-plenty too. (Thus science proves that Statler baths are just the baths for you". In number four, he is fast asleep and dreaming and he is saying that "It takes an able scientist to research in his sleep. Especially in a Statler bed, with matress soft and deep. I'll snooze away awhile, 'he sighed, 'and make a tabulation. I count...eight hundred...springs...and more - this finding's a sensation". In the last one, he is leaving the Statler and he says "'Eureka!' shouted Test Tube Tim...'My research is complete! I've found that Hotel Statler's on a most convenient street. The business district, shows and shops are always close at hand. So let me say in summary - by gosh, the Statler's GRAND". |
October 15, 1951 Life magazine |
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| Statler |
Black and white 10" x 13 1/2" ad that is for the Statler Hotel Chain. This ad is a five-frame cartoon that is encouraging everyone to vote. "1. - 'Silent Sam' they called him, but it really was a joke. For glasses crumbled, ceilings cracked whenever Sam spoke. His voice had great authority - it rang out loud and clear. Whenever he was smitten with a phrase or an idea". "2. And Sam was at his best when he discussed affairs of state. He roundly scorned some policies, and some, he said were great. He took a satisfaction in the democratic way. His speech was free, and so he had a lot of things to say" "3. he didn't vote four years ago - his wife was ailing then. Two years ago, it rained, aznd so he didn't vote again. And though he likes to talk about the way his country's run. He doesn't use his loudest voice, when all is said and done". "4. Once or twice he registered, but still he didn't vote. And yet, when things go wrong, he screams, 'Thise rascals got my goat'. Well, Sam, you win the booby prize, you win it in a walk. If you don't vote, you haven't really earned the right to squawk" "5. Our vote's a precious heritage - it means we have a choice. In how we will be governed, Sam, your vote's your loudest voice. So don't be silent any more - speak up and have your say. For every single vote will count this next election day". |
October 20, 1952 Life magazine |
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| TraveLodge |
Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad that is for the TraveLodge Motels. The caption that is high above the picture of the very nice TraveLodge Motel, the one that has the packed parking lot and still has the "Vacancy" sign out, says that this is "The motel for people not on big fat expense accounts". If you want to know what you would get at a TraveLodge Motel, then here is what is there. "If you don't want to pay extra for a lot of extras, pull into TraveLodge. (You know, the one with the bear.) We don't have most of those things that jack up a motel bill. No golf course, no bowling alleys, no plush bar. What we do have is everything you need for a good night's rest. (We still believe that's what people want most after a hard day's drive.) We give you a clean, comfortable room. With Beautyrest mattress. Television. Phone. Coffee, if you want it. Air conditioning. Our one big extra is a swimming pool. We took the plunge when we found that most people like to have them around. (A few TraveLodges, though, still don't have pools and some people find that refreshing.) If you're planning a trip and footing your own motel bill, write to TraveLodge, P.O. Box 306, El Cajon, California 92022 for our TraveLodge Guide. It's free, and it lists more than 350 TraveLodges across the country". |
April 14, 1967 Life magazine |
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