I came across these three old postcards in a box of stuff I had packed away for a few years. They each show a cool old motel, just steps away from the Disneyland park in Anaheim California. Apparently there is some neat history behind this motel and several others owned by Al Stovall. 

The Space Age Lodge was one of a number of futuristic themed lodges opened by a man named Al Stovall. He was a personal friend of President Eisenhower who was a large supplier of manganese to the government during World War II. He was also an owner of copper mines and a large plastics factory. Stovall invested heavily in Disneyland area and built the Fabulous Space Age Lodge at Disneyland, the Inn Of Tomorrow, the Cosmic Inn, The Galaxy Inn and the Apollo Inn (see any  trend here?). All were in located Anaheim Calif.

This must have been some place! The first postcard shows a vintage view of the motel from the street with space graphics, signage, cool VW bus with rocket on its roof etc. The second postcard shows the groovy motel room interior! And the third shows the Moon House and Cosmic Pool.

Must have been a cool place to stay back in the day! I believe it looks nothing like this today and was converted into a plain old Best Westen Hotel. Ah, the good old days!

I went to the local flea market here today in New Jersey. The temperature was a chilly 30 degrees, but there were a few diehard sellers set up at the market. As always I was looking for neat old postcards, paper items, old bottles etc for my collection, eBay auctions and for sale on our website.

The tables were few and far between, but I was suprised to stumble upon two neat old Disney items for sale. The first was a 1972 "A Fun Filled Visit To Walt Disney World With Mickey Mouse" popup book for my own collection! The book was produced by Hallmark back in 1972, the year after Disney World Florida opened. The price was right and the condition was absolutely beautiful!

A short time later at another sellers table I found a 1971 United Air Lines and Color & Send Cards From Disneyland To Hawaii postcard book! The condition again was very nice and it still contained the original six uncolored postcards still attached!

The latter is up for bid on eBay this week, with a 99 cent reserve to protect my initial investment! Definately worth a trip out to the flea market on a chilly February Sunday morning!