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| Brochure ca
1960s: Dan Donahue |
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| Admission
Ticket #52040: Kummerlowe Archive |
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2602 N High School Rd |
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Gentleman
start your engines! Home of the Indianapolis 500,
Brickyard 400 and the US Grand Prix for Formula One cars,
the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
was built in the spring of 1909.
Capitalizing
on its nearby famous international attraction, the Speedway
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge complex opened in 1963, and boasted
that it was "The Ultimate in Luxury." |
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23973--95--Hoover-Watson
Printing Co., Indianapolis: Kummerlowe archive
Postcard to Oskar Kummerlowe, Culebra C Z, Panama, Panama Station
Postmarked Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 9, 10:30AM 1912 |
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Photo
June 2001: Kummerlowe Archive
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Above:
The original pagoda was erected in 1913 with the current version
going up in the late 1950s. The original official purpose of the
speedway was as a testing facility, for Indianapolis was by 1908
the forth largest producer of autos in the United States and the
second by 1913. Northwest of Indianapolis proper, in 1926 the
area was formally named the City of Speedway. Note that the site
is a National
Historic Landmark.
All
Hail Carl Fisher! |
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ca. 2000 Indiana Scenic Images: Kummerlowe Archive |
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| Brochure
ca 1960s: Dan Donahue |
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Speedway's
Three Room Types:
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Twin
Double--Named for its twin lavatories and two double beds,
each was a comfortable spacious room that was air conditioned/heated,
with pleasant non-glare indirect lighting, television, large
dressing/bathroom combinations, and private balconies or patios.
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Single
Double--They were "soundproof and comfortable with
a large double bed and the same luxurious appointments of
the larger rooms."
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Studio
Executive Suite--Each was a "modern pool-side room
with every convenience including direct dial phone system
and master panel headboard controls.
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Above
& Below: With its many amenities Speedway touted
its "large heated pool." Indeed, a swimming pool was
and continues to be an attraction for any hospitality complex,
yet even a heated outdoor pool remains largely impractical for
most northern climes! |
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ca. 1990s:Tim & Tom Bernert |
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