Preview
Item Type
Image
Creation Date
1950
Description
A Triple A postcard
On the Front:
Luxurious Air Conditioned Rooms On U.S. 1, U.S. 23 & U.S. 301 ½ mile South of Fla.-Ga. State Line. St. Mary’s River
On the back: St. Mary’s Motel. “The South’s Largest and most luxurious” 6 new, ultra modern 100% air conditioned rooms—steam heat—tiled baths—Simmons Beautyrest Beds—Radios—Dining room and Gift Shop. Standard Oil Products Telephone: Folkston, Ga., 9311 F. E. Walker, Owner—Dennis H. Rollins, Mgr. 31 miles North of Jacksonville on U.S. 1—U.S. 23—U.S. 301 Hillard, Florida In addition, there’s a note written to Miss Fannie Taylor that reads: Hello Fannie—you ought to come down and stay here. It is good and hot also very pleasant. I was hoping I would hear from you before I left. Hope you will be able to come down before 1951. Love, Hazel This is one of the places we stayed (illegible) down. Mrs. Ragealee, Tools’—mother come down (illegible). On the front she writes on the picture of the hotel: “We ate our breakfast and supper here” and indicated which room. “This was our room”
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Keywords
Northeast Florida Regional Postcard Collection; Collectors and collecting -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Photograph collections; Postcards -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century; Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Hotels -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Picture postcards