Name/Title
Postcard, Holiday InnEntry/Object ID
2023.011.002Description
Color postcard featuring three photographs of the Holiday Inn in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The top photograph features a color photograph of the Red Coals" restaurant front façade with a folded plate roof and green columns. Beside the photograph is a cream colored panel with a graphic of the googie- style Holiday Inn sign that reads "Holiday Inn" in the green main portion with a yellow framed sign below that reads "The Nation's Innkeeper". The text beside it reads "2100 | Market | Street | Chattanooga | Tennessee | Holiday Inn | Chattanooga, South". Below these top panels are two photographs of the interior of the Red Coals restaurant. The photograph on the left shows a chef in a white uniform and hat with a red scarf standing in front of a flat top griddle. The panel to the right shows the bar area of the restaurant with red leather bar and booths.
The information on the rear reads "Holiday Inn | Chattanooga-South| Conveniently located minutes from downtown | Chattanooga at the intersection of South Market | Street and Freeway Interchange. Coffee House, Red Coals Restaurant and Trouphy Lounge. | Tel: AM 5-0551, AC: 615" A graphic at the bottom shows the Holiday Inn sign in the corner with "Your Host from Coast-to-Coast"
A message in blue ink reads:
" Mon. Nite
Hi
Staying here tonite. Got in about 6:30. Took Mammoth Cave Trip this morning. Walked 2 1/2 mile. Rain most of day.
B & F"
The photograph is a "Curteicholor" postcardSubject Person/Organization
Holiday Inn, Red CoalsSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee*Collection
Postcard CollectionCopyright
Restrictions
Credit Chattanooga Historical Society
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
