Postcard featuring the Rangers Motel in Seiling, Oklahoma, located along U.S. Highways 60, 270, 281 and 183, with State Highways 51 and 3 also listed on the reverse. The colorful exterior view shows the low-rise roadside motel, covered guest-room entrances, landscaped flower beds, and its large freestanding Rangers Motel sign.
The front provides a detailed view of the Rangers Motel, a classic automobile-oriented lodging property. Its long, single-story arrangement places individual guest-room entrances directly along the parking and driving area, reflecting the convenience-focused design associated with American motor courts and motels.
The prominent roadside sign is a particularly appealing element of the scene, displaying the Rangers Motel name beside a circular AAA emblem. The front also includes large ATA Approved and AAA Member logos and identifies the motel's location on four U.S. highways.
The reverse provides additional period advertising information, emphasizing “Refrigerated Air – Ceramic Tile Baths,” “Wall to Wall Carpeting,” and “Franciscan Furniture.” These details document the types of comfort and furnishing features motel operators promoted to travelers.
The reverse identifies the card as an MWM Color-Litho “LustREchrome” card, made by MWM Co., Aurora, Missouri. Card number 15,869F appears at the top of the reverse.
Because the card is not postmarked, no mailing date can be established from postal evidence.
Although the card was not mailed, the correspondence area contains a handwritten note reading approximately:
“Spent Tues. night April 28th here.”
There is also a handwritten “#8” beneath the motel information and a small pencil notation near the upper-right corner. These markings provide an interesting personal travel-history element while not establishing a year for the stay.
This postcard has crossover appeal for collectors of Seiling and Oklahoma history, motels and motor courts, roadside America, highway travel, motel signage, AAA memorabilia, ATA travel material and mid-century hospitality advertising.
The multiple highway references are especially interesting for transportation collectors. Together with the motel's roadside sign, travel-association logos and detailed list of amenities, the card preserves a snapshot of the way independent motels marketed themselves to motorists traveling through Oklahoma.
Pre-owned postcard showing age-related wear. Visible condition includes light edge and corner wear, minor surface wear and age toning/soiling. The reverse has handwritten ink notations in the correspondence area and a small pencil notation near the upper-right corner. No stamp, postmark or address is present.
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