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Park View Motel

January 12, 2010
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The Park View Motel in Price, Utah. I noticed that the motel is the “Park View Hotel”, and the cafe, as shown on the card, is called “Park Cafe View”. Huh? Shouldn’t that be the Park View Cafe? I also noticed that, written on the back in pencil, is the name Miss Bruce Bogarte. The [...]

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American Autel

January 12, 2010
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You’ve gotta love the name of this motel, a blending of the words “auto” and “motel”. Unusual name aside, the motel was recommended by Duncan Hines, so it had to be good. I wonder if they served brownies… This Curt Teich postcard dates from 1948, and the back reads: AMERICAN AUTEL 1918 South State Street, [...]

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American Tourist Lodge

January 10, 2010
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Published by Curt Teich Co., this unmailed postcard was first produced in 1947. The description on the back reads: AMERICAN TOURIST LODGE 2922 SO. STATE ST. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Delightfully cool…Spring-filled mattresses… Tile baths…Steam heat… Luxurious accommodations in all price ranges.

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Greetings from Salt Lake City

December 12, 2009
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Who doesn’t like the large-letter postcards made by Curt Teich & Co? Hugely popular in the 1940s and ’50s, they’ve become an American icon, representing every state, and just about every city/town, in the country. The description on the back of this one reads: SALT LAKE CITY (the Center of Scenic America) is the prettiest [...]

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Utah’s Best Crop

December 4, 2009
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OK, this postcard is just weird. I don’t even know where to go with this… I’m actually speechless. Unmailed, the card has written on the back in pencil, “Sat, Sun, Aug. 18, 1909″.

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Bathing at Saltair

October 18, 2009
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I found this Saltair postcard at an antique mall yesterday, and added it to my collection even though it had a 1/8th inch hole in it. (that I’ve removed with Photoshop for inclusion here) The postmark is August 1, 1912.

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A Glorious Day at Saltair

October 9, 2009
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Group photo taken on August 21, 1941 at Utah’s Saltair Pavilion. Photos like this are found pretty often, as it was common practice to get souvenir photos printed to postcards. Postcard collectors will gasp, but I like that this card identifies some of the people pictured. I’ve also included a scan of the back of [...]

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Saltair in 1911

September 22, 2009
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I’m always on the look-out for vintage postcards, even though I’m hardly what one would describe as a serious collector of them. True collectors want cards that are in near perfect condition, and shy away from examples that have been mailed. That’s understandable, as I’ve collected a number of different things over the years and [...]

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Saltair Postcards

September 21, 2009
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I’ve been acquiring Saltair postcards for a while now, and even though I know of some holes in the collection I wanted to share what I have so far. (future acquisitions will be presented in a new post) For those who missed my Carnival of Souls review, I should mention that the Saltair Pavilion was [...]

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Film Review: Carnival of Souls (1962)

August 3, 2009
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The movie reviews here at Atomic Antiques tend towards B-movies, a category into which Carnival of Souls fits nicely, but the 1962 film contains little of the unintended laughs so common to the genre. It’s abundantly clear throughout the film that the budget was minuscule, but while the performances are just average, the script and [...]

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The Coney Island of the West

August 2, 2009
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This enormous Moorish structure, shown here in 1901, is Saltair. Opened in 1893, Saltair was an amusement park on the south shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, one with a long, and convoluted, history. I’ll almost certainly go into Saltair at length in a future post, but I mention it now as a teaser, as [...]

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