Madras 1964

"Located in the booming irrigated farm district on US Highway 97."




The prerequisite drugstore, bakery, cafe and gas station.



The Shangrila!

From the postcard, dated October 3, 1964:

Yes!

We arrived at 8:00 or shortly after. Stayed at City Center Motel. Ate next door. Excellent. Beautiful day today. P.G.E. car next to my unit left last night. Refill with necassary vitamins, then on our way. Next card, next station.

This has GOT to be some top secret CIA code work. If not? Its banality is admirable!

Seven Seas Motel - Newport Beach

I'm going to take a wild guess and say this is probably lonnng gone. Nice sign. The brick? Not so much. It doesn't exactly spell comfort or anything else related to a Pacific island paradise.

Welcome to Oregon Roadside

Since starting Stumptown Confidential in 2004, I’ve come across more and more postcards from across the state that just don’t quite fit in with its format.

Stumptown was born so I could learn and highlight the overlooked Mid-Century architecture of my adopted hometown of Portland, Ore.

Oregon Roadside lets me broaden my obsession with all things Oregon by enabling me to post some of the cool stuff I’ve scrounged up the past couple of years. You know, like this image of a restaurant in Salem:



I also hope that folks in our state will comment on the postings and let readers know if a building still stands, was torn down, or was preserved. I’ll do my best to offer any sort of history/background on featured buildings but would love the added commentary.