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Pinon Lodge

8501 E. Central
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Opened in 1946 and later became the Pinon Motel. It has had several owners over the years. It is now the Pinon Motel and Apartments. The Pinon is the New Mexico state tree and its nuts were once a staple of the Southwestern Indian diet.

Here's a kind of fun fact, in 1967 the motel received a "Civic Beauty Citation" for it's lighted island and animal statues.

The motel was known as the Pinon Motor lodge in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the early 1970s the name changed to the Pinon Motel, I'm guessing that came with a change in ownership.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

Pinon Lodge
8501 East Central Avenue
On U.S. Highway 66
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Mr.& Mrs. E. R. Kirkpatrick Phone 5-1014
Automatic Floor Furnace Heat
Soft Water, Air-Conditioned, Radios, Tile Showers.
Phone Service in Lobby
Inner Spring Mattresses and Box Springs
At the Foot of the Beautiful Sandia Mountains

Pinon Motel
8501 Central N. E.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Ph. AL 5-****
21 beautiful furnished units with tubs and showers, air-conditioning, and free television.
1 block from excellent restaurant.
Orville and Esther Dorsey, Managers

NOTE: Only the phone numbers give a hint of which postcard is older.
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Photo(s): 2015