Posts Tagged ‘History’
Drake Motel – Nashville, TN
Drake Motel - Stay Where the Stars Stay by newartsweb More Icons T-Shirts The Drake Motel has been on Murfreesboro Road between Nashville's airport and music row since at least 1975. It started life as the Drake Motor Court. The neon sign proudly states that it is where the stars stay, but it's doubtful a star has stayed in quite some time [...]
El Ray Motel Reno Nevada
El Ray Motel Print by Tom Spaulding I can't find any details about the history of this hotel other than it's on North Arlington Avenue in Reno, Nevada. But I love the classic googie architecture. Check out the double boomerangs in weathered yellow and green along with the amoeba-like sign and the stylized lettering. This is a great find [...]
Route 66 Roys Motel Cafe
Roy's Motel & Cafe Sign Print by Nicholas Pitt This cool geometric sign is in Amboy, California. Over the course of the 20th century, this place on old Route 66 slowly became a ghost town, but being in the dessert, it's a well preserved ghost town. For more on the history of Roy's and Amboy, be sure to check out this link. Roy's grew [...]
Eddie Bohn Motel – Denver
Reach For the Sky Print by John De Bord This incredible vivid print is of another old motel sign on Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Apparently there's a good bit of local history tied up in this one. Local Boxer, Eddie Bohn, opened a restaurant called the Pig 'N Whistle here in 1926 on the birthday of his friend, Jack Dempsey. It [...]
P-51 Mustang Print
P-51 Mustang Print by James Howe An excellent high contrast black and white print of the propeller and nose of a P-51 Mustang. Built in North America, they first saw service in the British Royal Air force. The aircraft was a single seat fighter from World War II. Designed and built in just 117 days, this model was used in the fight against [...]