Postcard
Rest Haven Motel
| Text on reverse reads: "Rest Haven Motel. Air Conditioned - Free TV - Room Phones. Free Coffee - Free Golf. 'The Best In Rest' John and Catherine Michels. Phone 588-4191. Intersection Hwy 14 and State 23. Spring Green, Wisconsin." A roadside motel with cars parked in front of each unit, with lawn chairs on the right and left. A couple is walking into the office. The sign for the motel is in the foreground with landscaping and reads: "Rest Haven Motel. Family Units. No Vancancy. AAA". Trees and bluffs are in the background. The motel was designed by Taliesin-affiliated architect, J.C. Caraway and constructed by Kramer Brothers Builders in 1952. It was renamed "The Usonian Inn" in 1991. |
| Image ID: | 149203 |
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| Creation Date: | 1950 |
| Creator Name: | Fagan Publishing Co. (J.A. Fagan) |
| City: | Spring Green |
| County: | Sauk |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Divided back. #47456. Photo by: J.A. Fagan. Chrome Era Postcard. |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 |
| Flowers |
| Shrubs |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Outdoor furniture |
| Hills |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Motels |
| Electric signs |
| Lampposts |
| Automobile parking |
| Automobiles |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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