Catalina Motor Hotel Swimming Pool Guests Wichita Falls Texas Postcard
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Catalina Motor Hotel Swimming Pool Guests Wichita Falls Texas Postcard. Feel free to ask! Card number: GEM-15685. The composite postcard displays the exterior of the Catalina Motor Hotel and adjoining Toddle House restaurant with mid-century automobiles parked in front, alongside an inset of guests at the motel's glass-enclosed swimming pool. * "Artistichrome" by FOTOCOLOR * Photographer: John A. Stryker * Card number: GEM-15685 The Catalina Motor Hotel opened in 1951 along the Henrietta Highway in Wichita Falls, Texas. Built as a mid-century roadside motel just outside the downtown area, it provided accommodations for travelers navigating U.S. Highway 287. The Toddle House chain originated in the 1930s, prioritizing twenty-four-hour counter service and a limited menu of breakfast items and hamburgers. The restaurants operated out of standardized, twenty-four-by-twelve-foot prefabricated buildings designed to resemble miniature colonial cottages. Inside, founder J.C. Stedman installed a mechanical drop-box payment system that required customers to deposit exact change into a locked bin while employees verified the amount through an internal mirror. Shipping and Handling: Carefully packaged to ensure safe arrival Shipped within one business day Tracking information provided Questions about this postcard? Feel free to ask!
