ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 00178 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00178

Motel Inn (1925) ("first motel"), horizontal view, Route 101, San Luis Obispo, California

California ↗San Luis Obispo ↗2003 ↗

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San Luis Obispo, California

A new word at a roadside address

San Luis Obispo’s Motel Inn makes the language of motor travel part of the building’s history.

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THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Archive details

Photographer: Margolies, John
Photographed: 2003.
Location: United States--California--San Luis Obispo
Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID: mrg 00178 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00178
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-mrg-00178 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number: LC-MA05- 178 [P&P]
Subjects: Motels--2000-2010.
United States--California--San Luis Obispo.
California--San Luis Obispo
Motels--2000-2010
United States--California--San Luis Obispo
Margolies categories: Motel offices; Lodging
Rights advisory — Library of Congress: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
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Original catalog notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Motel offices; Lodging.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source: Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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Motel Inn (1925) ("first motel"), horizontal view, Route 101, San Luis Obispo, California

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A new word at a roadside address

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