Hotel Postcard Crams Info, But Charms

Rivaling the intensity of my hotel carpet and elevator button studies is my obsession with the hotel postcard. I'll rhapsodize for hours on the topic: size, rectangularness, themes, free vs. for-sale, will-this-inspire-jealousy-in-the-folks-back-home qualities.

One of my favorite layouts: multiple photos in a small space. It enthralls me to see a postcard that isn't much bigger than a slice of toast with six different things going on at once.

This postcard is exuberantly shouting "Come to this hotel and find much to do." Who can argue with that? I especially like the word "typical" -- as in view a "typical room" -- used on this beautiful example from 1967. Would a marketing consultant approve of that today?

Typically, I'm enamored:




Source: Mr. Balihai