Three from Eugene

The extremely pink Travel Lodge. Telephone: DIamond 2-1109.


No attempts to make the place look nice, either. Did the photographer rent cars from a local junkyard?



Artist's rendering of the new Holiday Inn on Coburg, with the Lion's Den meeting room.


The Valley River Shopping Center, "Oregon's largest regional center with a 'climate-controlled' mall."

Baker City Gold

The famous "Armstrong" nugget at the Baker Branch of the U.S. National Bank of Oregon:




And while in Baker, stay at J.B.'s ElDorado Motel:

Now called the El Dorado, the place still looks like a cozy getaway. Though you can check out any time, you can never leave.

Welcome to Oregon - Now go home

Talk about a passive-agressive campaign message. This is how the state was being promoted?! The land of lumber and stalled pink cars. Who bought and then sent this postcard?

The back of the postcard says, "Oregon beckons the traveler to relax and enjoy its many scenic options." Uh huh. Beckon to never come back is more like it.

This really says, Immediate U-turns are encouraged. Or, Make a quick left - Nevada is much nicer anyhow.


We hope you will leave us alone.

Nowadays, things are much different.

Oregon Courthouse Tour

I recently came across a stack of postcards celebrating Oregon courthouses. Postcards for courthouses? Get arrested. Check. Go to trial. Check. Go to courthouse. Check. Buy postcard of said courthouse for relatives. Um, check?

First up is the Tillamook County Courthouse:

"Tillamook, Oregon, trading center of this prosperous dairy land." Population: one.

Here's the Josephine County Courthouse, with what looks like the same car as above:


Checking in at No. 3 is the Klamath Falls County Courthouse:

A plethora of 'Merican-made autos. Hybrid schmybrid.

I saved the best for last:

The "New Marion County Courthouse in Salem."

Here's another shot:

In theory, I hate modern crap like this. On the other hand, its bruteness appeals to me somehow. Then again, she didn't age very well and reminds me too much of the gawdawful Boston City Hall. [I despise the fact that an entire hood was torn down - hence I despise the building.]

Cedar Lodge Motel - Medford

"64 units - at your service 24 hrs. a day."


I never trust people who insist on backing their cars in. Need to leave in a hurry?


If this vans a rockin' don't bother knockin'. On the other hand, ass, grass or gas no one rides for free.

The Cedar Lodge is alive and well. Though the sign has been slightly modified, it presumably still offers guests "direct dial phones," "cable color TV," and "individual air conditioning."