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Oak Park Motel

926 E. Huntington Dr.
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This vintage motel has been serving customers since 1948, all under the same name, but not the same owners. The motel is about three miles from the Santa Anita Race Track. It was built by K. H. Hanks built the motel for Richard Roessler at a cost of about $40,000.00. They added swimming pool in 1951. In 1959 the rates were from $8.00 to 15.00 per night, depending on how many guests or from $56.00 to 70.00 per week for two people.

There's a cool vintage sign here that rather quaintly promotes "Color TV" as a feature. A permit to build an $850.00 neon sign was issued in 1954, if this is that sign the color TV sign must have been added later.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

Postcard ( late 40s or early 50s)
Phone: 2-0844
24 New Units
Elegantly Furnished
Full Tile Showers
Insulated (That's a feature?)
Carpeted Wall to Wall
Free Radios
Panel-Rey Heat
Kitchenettes
Lobby & Beautiful Patios
3 Minutes to Santa Anita Race Track
20 Minutes to L.A.

Postcard Dated 1956
New Heated Pool
Shuffleboard
Croquet Court
Horseshoes
Resort Atmosphere
Television
Apartment Suites Available
10 Minutes to Pasadena

Note: The 1956 postcard was probably printed earlier because it mentions a "new pool", that was built in late 1951.
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Photo(s): 2015