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Buffalo Motel Apartments – Kearney, Nebraska – Highway 30
Offered is an unused postcard featuringBuffalo Motel ApartmentsinKearney, Nebraska. The front shows an illustrated view of the motel with its roadside sign advertising\"18 New & Clean\"units, landscaped grounds, and the individual motel buildings. The sign also indicates\"Drive In\", reflecting the automobile travel culture of the period.
The reverse identifies the property as being located onHighway 30in Kearney, Nebraska, and lists several amenities available to guests.
Postcard Details
- Subject: Buffalo Motel Apartments
- Location: Kearney, Nebraska
- Highway 30
- Reverse lists:
- 18 new and modern showers
- Innerspring mattresses
- Divided back
- Unused (no stamp or postmark)
- Series number:7111N
- Marked\"Cabinet Sample\"on reverse
- Postcard type:Chrome postcard
- Printing method:Color lithograph
- Embossing: None observed
Historical Context
Chrome postcards became the dominant postcard style in the United States beginning in thelate 1940sand remained popular throughout the mid-twentieth century. Their glossy finish and vivid colors made them ideal for promoting motels, restaurants, and roadside attractions during the height of automobile travel.
This postcard illustratesBuffalo Motel Apartmentsin Kearney, Nebraska, highlighting the clean, modern accommodations marketed to travelers alongHighway 30. Features such as air conditioning, separate showers, and innerspring mattresses reflected amenities that appealed to motorists during the expanding era of family road trips.
The reverse is additionally marked\"Cabinet Sample,\"indicating this example was used as a sample for display or sales purposes rather than standard distribution, making it an interesting piece of postcard production history.
Publisher Information
- Publisher:E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, identified on the reverse.
- Marked\"Natural Color Card.\"
Why Collectors Appreciate It
This postcard is desirable to collectors of:
- Kearney, Nebraska history
- Nebraska roadside architecture
- Highway 30 travel memorabilia
- Motels and motor courts
- Chrome postcards
- E. C. Kropp postcards
- Mid-century American travel
- Roadside Americana
The\"Cabinet Sample\"marking on the reverse adds additional interest for collectors of postcard publishing and printing history.
Condition
Pre-owned postcard in collectible condition.
- Unused
- No stamp
- No postmark
- Reverse marked\"Cabinet Sample\"with handwritten production notations
- Light age-related wear from storage and handling
- May exhibit light corner wear, edge wear, surface wear, age toning, or other imperfections consistent with age
Please use \'s magnifier/zoom feature to carefully inspect the edges, corners, creases, surface issues, writing, stains, paper loss, album residue, and any other imperfections, as the photographs are part of the description and represent the exact postcard you will receive.
