[Postcard of Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas]

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Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas. The view shows the highway in the foreground, then the parking lot, then the motel . A front gable one-story office building is in the center of the parking lot with a sign on a pole in front of it. The low, one-story motel building stretches behind it. Small motel room facades with entrance door and one window alternate with open garage spaces. Included in the caption on the back of the card are features including "air cooled,", "all tile baths," and "hot water heat." Printed … continued below

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1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. [1930..1945].

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: Sims McCutchan Collection and was provided by the Harrison County Historical Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Harrison County Historical Museum

The Harrison County Historical Museum’s Inez Hatley Hughes Historical Research Center provides opportunities to explore the past of Harrison County and Texas through its archive and artifact collections. As a county history preservation and research center, it collects, preserves, and makes available photographs, documents, books, and artifacts related to the history of Harrison County, its county seat Marshall, and Texas.

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Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas. The view shows the highway in the foreground, then the parking lot, then the motel . A front gable one-story office building is in the center of the parking lot with a sign on a pole in front of it. The low, one-story motel building stretches behind it. Small motel room facades with entrance door and one window alternate with open garage spaces. Included in the caption on the back of the card are features including "air cooled,", "all tile baths," and "hot water heat." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Fullcolor Post Cards Produced by Nationwide Advertising Specialty Co., -- Tyler, Texas." There is no message or postmark on the card.

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1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Sims McCutchan Collection

Sims McCutchan’s collection of photographs, ephemera, and postcards provides documentation of many aspects of the history of Marshall, Texas, from the 19th through the mid-20th centuries.

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  • [1930..1945]

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  • Dec. 18, 2022, 10:37 p.m.

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[Postcard of Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas], postcard, [1930..1945]; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1512305/: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrison County Historical Museum.

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