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Archive for March, 2007

Madras 1964

“Located in the booming irrigated farm district on US Highway 97.”
The prerequisite drugstore, bakery, cafe and gas station.
The Shangrila!
From the postcard, dated October 3, 1964:
Yes!
We arrived at 8:00 or shortly after. Stayed at City Center Motel. Ate next door. Excellent. Beautiful day today. P.G.E. car next to my unit left last night. Refill with [...]

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I’m going to take a wild guess and say this is probably lonnng gone. Nice sign. The brick? Not so much. It doesn’t exactly spell comfort or anything else related to a Pacific island paradise.

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