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Gateway Inn

5600 W Skelly Dr, Tulsa, OK
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This early 1950s motel was formerly the Town & Country Motor Hotel and Restaurant. At some point it became the Gateway Motor Inn. The restaurant is closed and the swimming pool has disappeared. The building is signed as the Gateway Motor Inn, but it looks like it is mostly long term apartment rentals.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

Mid 50s Postcard
AAA
Town & Country Motor Hotel
N.E. of Toll Gate on Highways 66 - 75 - 33
5600 Sapulpa Highway, Tulsa, OK
62 Beautifully Furnished Air Conditioned Rooms
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Restaurant Open 24 Hrs
Complete Hotel Room Service
2 - 3 Room family suites
Playground for the kiddies
Phone HI 6-xxxx

1963 Postcard
AAA
Diner's Club
American Express
Carte Blanche
Town & Country Motor Hotel
5600 W. Skelly Dr., Tulsa, Okla
East of Toll Gate - Highways 66-75-33-44
HI 6-xxxx
6 Minutes from Downtown
Complete weather control at your fingertips
Exec Suites
Room Service
Vibrating Mattresses
Swimming Pool
Kiddies Playground
American Coffee Shop & Cavalier Dining Room 24 Hrs.
66 Keys Lounge, Intimate, relaxing

Note: There's a pretty big difference is the message delivered by these two postcards. The first seems to be aimed at the family travelers and the second more at the business traveler. That might be because the I-44 freeway had opened and more families were using the freeway and zipped right past the place.
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Photos: 2016