Gulf Oil - Vacation Postcard

This card looks to be from the 40's or 50's, but I was unable to determine the age.

Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Gulf Oil Corporation (GOC) ceased to exist as an independent company in 1985, when it merged with Standard Oil of California.

King Tower One-Stop - Tama, Iowa

Gas, Food, Lodging AND a Garage! Just a neat looking linen in my book!

Good News!/Bad News!

The Good: King Tower Cafe is now open for business again!

The Bad: King Tower Cafe has 1-star on Yelp!

EAT-DRINK-SMOKE-REST

EAT-DRINK-SMOKE-REST...Rinse and Repeat??

Back of card reads:

"A clean inviting camp located on U.S. 20 - 2 miles east of Fremont, Ohio. 15 attractive cottages with hot and cold soft water, community kitchen, play ground and plenty of camping space" - Geo J. Hilt, Prop.

Couldn't find out much about the camp, but did turn up a little history on George John Hilt, courtesy of findagrave.com...

"George attended country grade school and then went into the livery and dray business in Fremont, Ohio. He pioneered the motel business, expanding his cabins along Route 6 from three to approximately eighteen, which were maintained along with a restaurant and gas station until shortly before his death. This was the Fremont Tourist Camp and is said to have been the first motel between Cleveland and Detroit."