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Photograph 1978--Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
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New
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929 Bank Street |
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New
London was a "Hillside-type" pre-War location
opened in about 1940. During the late 1940s it was franchised
to John S. Saxton who also held an interest in the Branford
Heights Restaurant. Incredibly New London was an Orange
Roofed Howard Johnson's for nearly 45 years.
By
the latter 2010s, the former HoJo's was operating as Paesano's
on Bank,
an Italian themed eatery.
Left:
Remodeled in the 1960s, New London was transformed into
modernity. It relinquished its Cape Cod image for the space
age!!
Below:
In the 1950s New London featured the Winthrop Room as meeting
space for up to 90 patrons. |
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Postcard
circa 1950s: Dan Donahue |
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Postcard
postmarked 1965: Kummerlowe |
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Photographs
May 2002: Kummerlowe |
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John
Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library
of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Margolies,
John, photographer. Hojo Restaurant, Niantic, Connecticut.
Photograph 1978. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017709305/>. |
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Above,
Below, and Lower: Terrific photographs by John Margolies
from 1978 documenting the New London, Connecticut Howard Johnson's
Restaurant still sporting its 1960s make-over well into the latter
1970s. Unfortunately the Library of Congress incorrectly identifies
the photographs as the "Niantic," Connecticut Howard Johnson's
Restaurant. Obviously it is New London. |
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Margolies,
John, photographer. Hojo Restaurant, Niantic, Connecticut.
Photograph 1978. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017709303/>. |
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Margolies,
John, photographer. Hojo Restaurant, Niantic, Connecticut.
Photograph 1978. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017709304/>. |
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Above,
Below, and Lower: Above in John Margolies 1978 photo, note
the "pagoda-style" Kentucky Fried Chicken reflected in the
HoJo's entry doors! Although the pagoda-style building was demolished,
a KFC outlet continued to occupy its site well into the 2000s! |
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Photograph
May 2002: Kummerlowe |
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Photograph
October 2004: Phil Edwards |
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Photographs
May 2002: Kummerlowe |
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Photograph
October 2004: Phil Edwards |
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Photograph
May 2007: Phil Edwards |
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