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No, I am not talking about Dick Cheney’s philosophy, but a great website. Retro Views <\/a>has many original photographs of motels used for postcards back in the day. You can buy pristine copies from them for outrageous prices! This is some serious eye candy, but the Flash site sucks. Some samples:<\/p>\n

\"Aztec\"<\/a> \"Kona<\/a> \"Bathing<\/a><\/p>\n

Via the PCL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I am not talking about Dick Cheney’s philosophy, but a great website. Retro Views has many original photographs of motels used for postcards back in the day. 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