Quality Inn of Waltham, Waltham, MA, circa 1983
- Subject
- Hotels & Inns
- Card type
- Chrome
- Date
- c. 1983 (Modern)
About this postcard
A curved two-story motel with a wide band of dark glass windows and a flat white canopy over the entrance, seen across a green lawn with shrubs and a gravel bed. An American flag flies above the roofline, and cars are parked at the left. The Quality Inn stood on Totten Pond Road in Waltham, west of Boston, in the Route 128 corridor that filled with office parks and technology firms through the 1970s and 1980s. Motels of this kind catered to business travelers working in the suburban office belt, and the chain's standardized low-rise design, with exterior corridors and a prominent sign, was built for the roadside market.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | K. D. Tripp |
|---|---|
| Series | 58074-D |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Quality Inn of Waltham, 455 Totten Pond Road, Quality Inn of Waltham, Waltham, MA, 02154 |
| Place mentioned | Quality Inn, 11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453 |
| Publisher | K. D. Tripp, 2655 Villa Terrace, Clearwater, FL, 33575 |
| Notes | Chrome-era color photo card; white border along bottom edge with caption. Slight edge wear. No postmark (unused card). Chrome-era glossy divided-back postcard, circa 1970s-80s: 617 area code with ZIP+4, toll-free 800 number, MWM Dexter (Aurora, MO) back. No stamp, no handwriting. |
Cite this card
Quality Inn of Waltham, Waltham, MA, circa 1983, postcard, c. 1983. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/quality-inn-of-waltham-waltham-ma-circa-1983. Accessed November 2, 2026.