Grant Motel, Houston, Texas, circa 1950

Subjects: Advertising Hotels & Inns
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Grant Motel, Houston, Texas, circa 1950, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

Composite linen postcard for the Grant Motel in Houston, Texas, showing two inset interior views (a sleeping room and the lobby) above a central view of the low white motel buildings and grounds, dominated by the tall red Grant Motel sign with United Motor Courts and AAA emblems.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Friday Saturday July 3 19[illegible]

PublisherMWM

SLEEPING ROOM LOBBY GRANT MOTEL UNITED MOTOR COURTS AAA GRANT MOTEL, HOUSTON, TEXAS 8800 SOUTH MAIN U. S. HIGHWAY 90A & 59 --- GRANT MOTEL 8200 South Main - Highway 90A & 59 26 Rooms - 26 Baths, Air Cooled, Carpeted Floors Venetian Blinds, Running Ice Water, Sound-Proof Walls, Glass Shower Doors, Vented Heat, Telephone in Every Room E. H. Grant, Owner & Mgr. Telephone M-2-6966 P. O. Box 1223 Houston, Texas Post Card PLACE STAMP HERE MWM Color-Litho "Bursheen" Finished, Made Only By MWM - Aurora, Mo.

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Postcard record

Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Grant Motel, Houston, TX
Place depicted	Houston, TX
Place mentioned	Grant Motel, Houston, TX
Publisher	Aurora, MO
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible cross-hatch grain; yellow caption band along bottom edge; no white border. No postmark. Divided-back linen card, MWM Color-Litho "Bursheen" finish, Aurora, Mo. imprint. Unmailed — no stamp, no address; only handwritten day/date notes across the top.

Cite this card

Grant Motel, Houston, Texas, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/grant-motel-houston-texas-circa-1950. Accessed October 5, 2026.