Posted in Oklahoma Explore, Trips February 20, 2016 by

These 17 Vintage Oklahoma Tourism Ads Will Have You Longing For The Good Ol’ Days

There is something so intriguing about vintage items, especially nostalgic ads and postcards. It is fascinating to be taken back in time to see what businesses looked like, and how tourism was beginning to boom. Here are 17 vintage tourism ads and postcards in the Sooner State that will have you longing for the good ol’ days:

1. "Bungalo Court, Elk City, Oklahoma, Hiway 66."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
2. "Roarin' Rohrer, Oklahoma's most beautiful station on U.S. 270, McAlester, Okla., stream lined service."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
3. "Swan fountain, Swan Lake, Tulsa, Okla."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
4. "Oklahoma travel brochure cover."
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Published in the 1950s.
5. "Lakeside Shops, 7400 - 7500 blocks North May Avenue, Oklahoma City."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
6. "Union Equity Terminal Elevator - Enid, Oklahoma."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
7. "Cedarvale Craft Shoppe, Highway 77, Davis, Okla."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
8. "Hotel Will Rogers, dedicated to Will Rogers, the world's greatest humorist, Claremore, Okla."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
9. "Claremore Mound, Claremore, Okla., 6 miles Northeast of Hotel Will Rogers."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
10. "Latimer Theatre, Wilburton, Oklahoma."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
11. "Greetings from Oklahoma."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
12. "Sunken Garden -- Will Rogers Memorial, Claremore."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
13. "La Homa Motel, 302 Ferris - Lawton, Okla., phone 5906."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
14. "Good eats at popular prices, the home of better ice cream, City Café, 209 East Grand, Hibdon & Son, McAlester, Okla."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
15. "Bordens Cafeteria Restaurant; Tulsa, Oklahoma."
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Published in the 1950s.
16. "Local Federal Savings & Loan Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."
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Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate)
17. "Governor's Mansion and State Owned Wells, Oklahoma City."
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Postmarked June 22, 1937

Have you ever seen any of these before? Which one was your favorite?

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