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Sleepy Hollow Motel, ca. 1955

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1955

Location Note

Sm. photos/postcards: Portsmouth, N.H.: General: Postcards

GUSN

GUSN-265717

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Description

Color postcard of the Sleepy Hollow Motel, postmarked July 20, 1955 from Hampton, New Hampshire. Addressed to Marilyn in Vermont from Nancy & Wil and mailed with a two cent stamp.

"The Sleepy Hollow Motel, On U.S. Route No. 1 6 Miles South of Portsmouth Back from the highway. Attractively landscaped. Central hot water heat. Cross ventilation. Radios. Luxuriously furnished. Excellent beaches, restaurants, entertainment nearby. Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Shannon, Owners Managers."

Details

Descriptive Terms

motels
public accommodations
personal correspondence
travel
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2011

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0040.001

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

3.5 x 5.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Colourpicture Publishers (Firm) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Sm. photos/postcards: Portsmouth, N.H.: General: Postcards

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