“Disappearing Motels” postcard collection, 2022

Abstract

The collection consists of 19 postcards featuring photographs of motels in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Postcards include photos of the sign for the Anchor Lodge Motel; abandoned motels; motels on Lundy’s Lane; motel proprietors and/or guests; a drained motel pool; a stack of mattresses piled in a motel parking lot with the motel in the background; a gazebo outside the Melody Motel; and a sign for the River Boat Motel. The photos were taken by Oliver Pauk and Zach Slootsky, and were included with the book Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: cultural decline of a post-war travel icon (2022) by Joan Nicks.