The Father's Room and Patio at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California, appears with the hotel's Spanish Revival features: a clock tower, tiled roofs, balconies, and a palm tree in the patio. The Mission Inn began as a modest adobe boarding house and grew into a landmark resort known for its Mission Revival architecture and collections of bells, art, and mission-era relics. By the late 1940s it was a familiar stop for motor tourists crossing southern California.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Needles California -
Aug 6 - Stayed here on
our way yesterday would
have liked more time
to look around - On to
Grand Canyon tomorrow
for Aunt Dotty
White border; monochrome real photo postcard; printed caption at bottom: "FATHER'S ROOM AND PATIO—MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CALIF." Postmark: [illegible] ARIZ. 18 AUG 1949 A.M. Divided-back card with white border; 1c green Washington stamp. Pencil dealer code 'RMLJ 2-' at top. Message written sideways along left edge.
Cite this card
Father's Room and Patio, Mission Inn, Riverside, CA, 1949, postcard, c. 1949. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fathers-room-and-patio-mission-inn-riverside-ca-1949. Accessed November 2, 2026.
