Motel is a smaller Lodging facility, originally targeted to car travellers and therefore situated at roadside locations.
A more contemporary definition would be a limited service
hotel that provides accommodation only, with no other amenities. The properties then to be one to two stories with exterior entrance rooms that guest can drive up to.
The word 'motel' is a portmanteau of 'motor' and 'hotel' or 'motorists hotel'.Flickr PhotosThese pictures about "Motel" have been delivered by flickr on a random basis. We have no influence on it. All rights belong to their respective owners. Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky (LOC)by The Library of CongressWolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky
1940 July.
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.
Notes:
Photo shows Wigwam Village #2, Cave City, KY. (Source: Library staff, 2009)
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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