HoJo: Happiest Thought On Wheels

1950s and 60s ads for Howard Johnson's roadside restaurants.

Storytown USA & Lake George, New York

Vintage images of this lakeside amusement town and its many colors. Having been there quite a few times with my grandparents in the 1970s and later, I can say that (even decades later) it had not changed a whole lot from these 1950s and 1960s photos.

Meet Me At Howard Johnson's

Some Howard Johnson's Restaurant items from my collection: A toy bank, a Plasticville train set model, a dinner plate and an ice cream bowl (given to me by the last owner of the last HoJo in NJ at the Asbury Park boardwalk).