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Desert Inn, The Sands, El Camino Motel Matchbook
Desert Inn, The Sands, El Camino Motel Matchbook
Desert Inn, The Sands, El Camino Motel Matchbook

Desert Inn, The Sands, El Camino Motel Matchbook

Dateca. 1965
Mediumink on card
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (11.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2023.10.67
DescriptionWhite background with turquoise and red text and patterns. The lower section contains a list of amenities and an image of yucca in front of mountains and a company slogan. The middle fold contains "4 Outstanding Motor Hotels" and above this is a central turquoise Zia symbol with four locations in red in each of the upper and lower left and right corners. The reverse contains four locations of alternative inns in Albuquerque and Santa Fe with the same company.
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