Lake Norfolk
Henderson AR
U.S.Highway 62 and 101 ferry Panther Bay landing Ferry (ca.1950)
Note: There is a very unusual woodie station wagon with long wheel base loaded on the ferry, probably a (one of a kind) Oldsmobile.
Showing old businesses of the city and traffic, text on the backside reads:
WESTWOOD VILLAGE
WEST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
Westwood Village is ultra-modern, different in every respect, in a land at unusual communities. Smart shops, intimate restaurants, outdoor skating rink and the college atmosphere, all lend to make Westwood one of the most unusual and pictoresque of California’s newer cities.
A similar view, ca.20 years earlier, we see here.)
Text on the back reads:
Westwood Village , West Los Angeles, Calif.
(A view ca. 20 years later is here.)
The Sands Motel Las Vegas NV
The Sands is a great hotel created in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. This magnificent structure was created by a leading designer who has achieved an architectural blend of modern beauty and design which will remain unsurpassed for years to come.
(A card of a hotel with the same and similar architectural layout (!) is here.)
Side note:
The Sands Motel Las Vegas NV and many other Vegas hotels of the 50’s are featured in this interesting video
This 1948 Oldsmobile post card shows a 1948 Oldsmobile 4dr sedan. It reads on back:
BEURMANN MARSHALL
LANSING MICH.
A very early post card, issued after World War 2. This 1946 Oldsmobile Post Card reads on the back:
KAPKE NASH
411 S.Fond du Lac Ave.
Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Phone 2560
This Wall Drug Store, Wall SD post card shows a 1948/1949 Pontiac fastback Sedan.
This card shows the Wall Drug Store in Wall SD, in the early days. Note the small house the shop is located in and the parking lot for two or three cars!
More of Wall Drug store (later years)