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Quality Court Motel Lake, Norfolk, VA, circa 1964

Subjects
AdvertisingAerial Views & PanoramasGolf & TennisHotels & InnsLakes & Ponds
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1964 (Chrome)
Front of Quality Court Motel Lake, Norfolk, VA, circa 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Portman, MD, USA, c. 1964 chrome postcard
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Back of Quality Court Motel Lake, Norfolk, VA, circa 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Portman, MD, USA, c. 1964 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

An elevated view shows the Quality Court Motel Lake as a long, low white complex with red-brown roofs arranged around a central parking court. A larger office or restaurant building with a rooftop sign stands at the left. Behind the motel are a lake or pond, green fields, a curving divided highway, and flat wooded country stretching to the horizon under a blue sky. The layout, with rooms facing the parking court, is typical of the motor-court motels built for car travel in the 1950s and 1960s. The motel advertised an 18-hole championship golf course, a draw for travelers on Northampton Boulevard, a main route toward Virginia Beach and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which opened in 1964.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

no one sent me this card it did not look like this when we were there in 1903 My luck the Christies saw the Cardinals play Uncle John

PublisherDexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York; dist. by Virginia Beach Photo Enterprises, P.O. Box 656, Virginia Beach, VA
Post Card QUALITY COURT MOTEL LAKE 6280 Northampton Boulevard, Norfolk For Reservations Phone (703) 4 18 Hole Championship Golf Cour Dist. by VIRGINIA BEACH PHOTO ENTE P.O. BOX 656, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. MADE BY DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK 32752-C
StampStamp
Addressed to
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Portman

703 Dunhill Road Dundalk, MD 21222

Postcard record

PublisherDexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York; dist. by Virginia Beach Photo Enterprises, P.O. Box 656, Virginia Beach, VA
Series32752-C
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. and Mrs. Carl Portman, 703 Dunhill Road, Dundalk, MD, 21222
Place mentionedQuality Court Motel, 6280 Northampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA
Place mentionedVirginia Beach Photo Enterprise, P.O. Box 656, Virginia Beach, VA
PublisherDexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York; dist. by Virginia Beach Photo Enterprises, P.O. Box 656, Virginia Beach, VA, West Nyack, NY
Stamp1c Andrew Jackson, green
Stamp3c 300th Anniversary of New York City (sailing ship and windmill)
NotesMid-century color photo-chrome look with visible print grain and scattered surface speckling; no printed text or border on the front; back printed with 'QUALITY COURT MOTEL LAKE' heading, Quality Courts logo, and AAA emblem. Postmark: illegible wavy machine cancel over stamps. Divided-back chrome-era card; Dexter Press imprint; 1c Andrew Jackson (x2) and 3c New York City 300th Anniversary stamps; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Quality Court Motel Lake, Norfolk, VA, circa 1964, postcard, c. 1964. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/quality-court-motel-lake-norfolk-va-circa-1964. Accessed November 2, 2026.