Thomas Motor Lodge and Restaurant, Madison Heights, VA, circa 1960

Subjects: Hotels & Inns Restaurants & Taverns
Card type: Chrome

Back of Thomas Motor Lodge and Restaurant, Madison Heights, VA, circa 1960, chrome postcard — Back

About this postcard

A low, single-story brick motor lodge with a shingled hip roof and a long carport canopy sits behind a broad lawn and asphalt drive. At the right, a tall roadside sign reads "AAA Thomas Motor Lodge Restaurant." The setting is Madison Heights, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Amherst County across the James River from Lynchburg, which matches the publisher's Lynchburg address. Motels like this one lined the highways that carried postwar family vacations, and the AAA approval noted on the sign was a common selling point for roadside lodgings of the era.

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PublisherGene Campbell - Photographer

AAA THOMAS MOTOR LODGE Restaurant --- We are stopping at the Thomas Motor Lodge on U. S. 29, three miles north of downtown, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA P. O. Madison Heights, Virginia A delightful, modern ranch type motor lodge. TV, car ports, ceramic tile baths, glass enclosed showers. Family rates. All outside rooms. Reasonably priced, de luxe restful accommodations. For reservations dial Lynchburg 845-2121. AAA RECOMMENDED BY Duncan Hines PLACE STAMP HERE Post Card Pub. by Gene Campbell - Photographer, Lynchburg, Virginia MADE BY DEXTER WEST NYACK, N.Y.

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Publisher	Gene Campbell - Photographer
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Madison Heights, VA
Publisher	Gene Campbell - Photographer, Lynchburg, VA
Notes	Chrome-era color card with a thin white border; slight edge wear at corners. Unused chrome-era advertising postcard; divided back, glossy, white border; no postmark or message. The picture side shows a neon motel sign; the message side is a preprinted motel advertisement with an AAA logo and a Duncan Hines recommendation seal.

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Thomas Motor Lodge and Restaurant, Madison Heights, VA, circa 1960, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thomas-motor-lodge-and-restaurant-madison-heights-va-circa-1. Accessed November 2, 2026.