SPOOK HILL

                            Seeing is believing, IT'S WEIRD! FANTASTIC!
            Stop on Line-Release Brakes-Watch for Cars when you Roll Back

S P O O K   H I L L

Lake Wales, Fla.

             Prather's Laundry & Dry Cleaners   Watch for Prather's White Trucks

A few blocks from the heart of Lake Wales is that mystifying and fascinating phenomenon  S P O O K   H I L L.  Here playful ghosts apparently seize your car and in defiance of the laws of gravity and your previous experience in such matters, roll your vehicle gently backward uphill, while they chortle in unholy glee at your mystification.

                              BEWARE THE GHOSTS AND GOBLINS
                                                              AND
                                HAVE A  S P O O K TACULAR DAY!!

                         HAPPY HALLOWEEN

VACANCY

BURNS' GABLES

Two of Burns' "Deluxe" Cabins, Highway 71

Near Winslow, Ark.

Burns Gables on Mt. Gaylor, Top of the Ozarks, U.S. Highway 71

What a beautiful card, surely a fairytale setting. 

Do you think places like this still exhist?

I would love to visit awhile.

SLOWLY I TURNED, step by step, inch by inch

                      Look what I found. Don't you just love the internet?
                       SLOWLY  I  TURNED, step by step, inch by inch.
                                                                    Complete and uncut feature at the end of the Post

THE BIG PICTURE

Aerial View of Niagara Falls, at Left, American Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y. 

At Right, Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada





                                              "NIAGARA FALLS"
                        
                         "SLOWLY I TURNED, step by step, inch by inch"
            Be careful, Don't Get Hurt, steer clear of Stooge pokes and punches.
                                                  Yuk! yuk! yuk!
                          Put on your Tap Shoes you might want to
                             shuffle off to Buffalo before its over.

UP, UP, & AWAY!

Greetings from

AMARILLO FIELD, Amarillo, Texas

W.W.II HISTORY
found at link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Field

A BITE TO EAT

THE ROOSEVELT

BLUE ROOM, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
The Blue Room is still going strong.  Waldorf Astoria owns and restored the Roosevelt after
Hurricane Katrina.

Link to BLUE ROOM Artifacts
http://www.old-new-orleans.com/NO_BlueRoom.html

SLOWLY I TURNED, step by step, inch by inch

Isn't that a Three Stooges gag?
It has something to do with NIAGARA FALLS.

Horseshoe Falls from Prospect Point

I always picked up any Niagara Falls Post Cards I came by.   There are lots of those cards out there trust me.  After all it is one of the top Tourist Destinations.  Unfortunately I have not been to Niagara Falls.  Hope I can see it one day.  It must be a grand experience.

     Above the American Falls a series of shelves create numerous miniature Niagaras, and stubborn rocks resisting the current as they project themselves up toward the surface, cause a tumultuous rapids of white spray and foam.
     The skyline of the World's Power City is yearly becoming more impressive, and in the background of this picture we see the Cataract House, the United Building, and the Niagara Hotel. 

                                 American rapids above the Falls looking from Goat Island, N.Y.


     American Falls from Goat Isle.  From this point the 1,060 feet of the contour line of the American Falls can be seen to the best advantage.  Goat Island itself is a beautiful Natural Park heavily timbered, surrounded on three sides by rushing torrents and with a precipice 200 feet high extending across the lower end.  This view of the falls must be seen to be properly appreciated.

     I think this subject will make a great series with episodes.

So lets get going.   First I think we need to find a VACANCY for our headquarters.  We have a couple of choices.

     They look like nice places and are both on Route U.S. 62 & N.Y. 18
Niagara Falls N.Y.  I think Martin's Cabins is our best bet they are only 8 minutes from the Falls but Fort Principe Motel is 15 minutes away.
      Martin's Attractive Court on Spacioous Grounds--Hot Water
Heat--Private Shower Baths--Open from March to December. 

FABULOUS FLORIDA FAVORITES

BOK SINGING TOWER

Lake Wales, Florida

It is a beautiful Art Deco Structure in an obscure setting named Mountain Lake Sanctuary at Lake Wales Florida.

A truly old Florida Tourist Attraction.

And I might say well worth the trip.

Links below.

Hear the Bells

See the Gardens and Tower

HAPPY HOUR

BIRMINGHAM'S FINEST LOUNGE

B. P. O. E.

                   Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

1830 No. 8th Ave.     Birmingham, Ala.

Interested in learning more about the ELKS?
http://www.elks.org/

VACANCY

Rosslyn

HOTELS

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

With GARDEN SUN ROOF and Auto Drive-In Lobby HOTELS CONNECTED BY MARBLE SUBWAY

    I wonder exactly what an Auto Drive-In Lobby is or looks like, any ideas?
The marble Subway and Garden sun roof sound pretty nice.
I just noticed one of the Hotel signs reads ROSSLYN ANNEX.  That doesn't sound very classy does it?

Reposted from SkyscraperPage.com
The Hotel Rosslyn has a history unique in all of the city of Los Angeles.

Once the tallest building in LA, the Rosslyn boasted in it's large rooftop sign as being the "Fireproof Million Dollar Hotel."

It's best years are behind it now, seeing some minor glory in 1987 as the rooftop site of U2's music video for "Where the Streets Have no Name."

Today the Rosslyn is a flop house, with rooms going for $8 a night. The seedy side of downtown Los Angeles lives here now (2003).

                         Notice the original vertical sign is still in place.

HISTORICAL DRAMA

      FORD  THEATRE--LONCOLN MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D. C.
                     Lincoln’s assassination took place on April 14, 1865.

http://www.fordstheatre.org/

Be sure to go to the Fords Theatre website and take some time to learn about the theatre today and yesterday.  Find the video at the About Ford's Tab and click on Full Screen. Its worth a look. 

UP, UP, & AWAY!

Municipal Airport, Administration Bldg.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Eastern Air Lines on the Field

                  I think the old Art Deco Terminal in the picture is great.

J A X

today

http://www.jia.aero/



A BITE TO EAT

PEA SOUP

ANDERSEN'S RESTAURANT

"HAP-PEA and PEA-WEE"
Splitting Peas for Split Pea Soup
Buellton, California
Andersen's History linked below

http://peasoupandersens.net/history.shtml

I came through Buellton, and near by Solvang some years ago on a road trip.   Cute little Danish style town.  It was before I knew of Andersen's unfortunately.   I do love Split Pea Soup; who doesn't?

PORTIS HATS

You'll be Admired

in a

Bunny Soft

PORTIS

Firma-Felt

Wow! Certainly can't beat those prices. 

With 4 EXTRA-VALUE features.
Luxurious, bunny-soft feel.
Smoother, more expensive-looking felt.
Water-repellent finish.
Sweatproof interlining...

NEFF CLOTHING CO.

ATLANTIC, IOWA

Reposted from:http://thefedorachronicles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=7189
Portis
The Portis Brothers Company was founded by the Portis brothers in 1914, and was based in Chicago its first decade, but later moved manufacturing across the lake to western Michigan.

The company made fine hats, and did a lot of advertising in magazines such as Esquire and Colliers.

Portis lasted until the late 1960's, when the line was taken over by Stevens Hats.

FABULOUS FLORIDA FAVORITES

HERE I AM, WAITING FOR YOU IN MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA

ENOUGH SAID

HAPPY HOUR

"BUFFALO'S THEATRE RESTAURANT" CHEZ AMI

HOME OF THE REVOLVING BAR

The Interior of the Chez Ami was destroyed by fire on Christmas night of 1941 and reopened in the spring of 1942 as successful as ever.

Enjoy the Colorful History of the Chez Ami at the link below.

http://www.forgottenbuffalo.com/forgottenbflofeatures/chezami311delawareave.html

"OLD BLACK JOE"

STEPHEN FOSTER-1860

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;

     Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away;

Gone from the earth to a better land I know;

     I hear their gentle voices calling, "old Black Joe".

I'm coming, I'm coming, for my head is bending low;

     I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe".



http://toneway.com/songs/old-black-joe

Jerry Lee Louis sings Stephen Fosters

"Old Black Joe"

VACANCY

OAK PARK

TOURIST COURT

DISTINCTIVE

Air Conditioned



BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA

Oak Park Tourist Court . . . . Brunswick, Georgia, on U. S. 17 at north city limits.  26 deluxe hotel rooms.  Winter and summer air-conditioned.  Each room with tile bath.  Catering to discriminating guests.
Reservations phone 2475

BRUNSWICK Today:

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick,_Georgia

UP, UP, AND AWAY!

WELCOME TO MIAMI

Miami's International Airport

Gateway to Latin American Countries

I have flown in and out of there many times over the years.  Things sure have changed since this Post Card was current.

current maps:
http://www.miami-airport.com/terminal_gates.asp
History and information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_International_Airport

A BITE TO EAT

Pieroni's

Hotel Pieroni, 7-8 Park Sq., Boston-Famous for its Sea Grill

Other Grills at 13 Stuart st. and 601 Washington St. Boston

When in Boston, stop at HOTEL PIERONI and dine in one of PIERONI'S famous SEA GRILLS.  Established 1895

BIRMINGHAM The MAGIC CITY

Terminal Station and Subway, Birmingham, Alabama



I understand the terminal was demolished in the 60s
to make way for a project that never happened.
?!Can you say STUPID!?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Terminal_Station