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United Motor Courts: indivudually owned -- free . . . Arizona California Colorado Idaho Iowa Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oregon Texas Utah Washington Wyoming National Parks and Old Mexico.

1936 · rif. 58355 — Santa Barbara CA: United Motor Courts Inc. 3230 Hollister Ave. 1936. 4to. 8 x 9 in. 15 1 pp. Printed in red & black photo- illustrated throughout w/ strip maps printed in red & black in landscape double-page formated self-printed colour illustrated softcovers cover art of scenic Spanish Revival style bungalows w/ 1930’s style sedans pulling into a California motor court minor dustsoiling shelfwear small tear to upper right corner still VG- copy w/ stamp of Beechwood Auto-o-Tel on back cover. Fourth revised edition of this well-illustrated motel guide for Western automobile travelers as the country slowly emerged from the Great Depression. This association based in Santa Barbara California was one of the earliest motel referral services in the U.S. and managed to garner independent motel and motor inn operators across the country to subscribe and maintain their standards of comfort and courteous service. These illustrated guides prove invaluable in charting roadside architecture across the West amenities to be found by travelers and the variety of signage. This guide combines elements of the earlier Photo-mobile Western travel guides with mileage information phone numbers and images of the well-appointed motels. Scattered across the West these include the Utah Motor Park Sunset Cottage Court in Pocatello ID the Home Motel in Las Vegas NV the Craftsman inspired Wa-Wona Court in Corvallis OR the Jones Autel in Merced CA featuring a service station & cottages Bear Creek Lodge on the Yosemite Highway and many more. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Andrew Wood The Rise and Fall of the Great American Motel: Mom and Pop Motels once dominated American Highways Smithsonian Magazine June 30 2017. United Motor Courts, Inc., 3230 Hollister Ave., paperback