Always a sucker for a fellow Idahoan.

By the end of the '50s Holiday Inn spread throughout the U.S. and the world. Here are a few more of the early versions featuring "The Great Sign" showing Holiday Inn Hotel before they dropped the hotel branding.

1. Opelika, Alabama
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. Wichita, Kansas

The first non-Memphis and franchised location was opened in Clarksdale, Mississippi by Albert Pick, Jr., son of hotel magnate Albert Pick.

It opened in 1954 and only remained a Holiday Inn for a few years before Pick, Jr. started his own motel chain and rebranded it as an Albert Pick motel.

The second, third and fourth locations were all in Memphis.

4022 U.S. Highway 51 North
980 South Third St.
2300 So. Bellevue Blvd. - U.S. 51 South

The Greenhouse
Like walking into eternal spring. Everything's growing, blooming...seductively fragrant. Overhead, gently flowing water shimmers across the glass roof, soothing and restful. Food served in this atmosphere just has to be good. It is.
Holiday Inn South
Routes 90 & 97
Erie, Pennsylvania

Empire Room Restaurant
I-40 and State Highway 7
Russellville, Arkansas
Comfort, service, and convenience are always yours to enjoy at the Holiday Inn of Russellville.

Passport Restaurant
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA 73401
I-35 and US 70 Interchange
Presenting: Our Fabulous Sunday Buffet
Also Featured: Daily Buffet, Banquet Facilities and Private Club

Tab - Try its new taste

I cannot identify who took them, but they were all taken around the mid-late '60s.

The 1946 North High School Marching Band

1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.

Burkhart took photos of their work and other billboard companies. The first post was another company, here is one theirs.

This is my favorite one. I roller skated in this place a few times when I was a kid.

It was in rough shape and everything smelled like cigarettes and skate oil, but I have several fond memories, including my first crush when I was 8 years old.

I wonder what became of Nancy.

The majority of my collection is from the 1930s-60s, including several from WWII.

This was shortly after my great-grandfather's dog bit me. I had nearly 40 stitches on my cheek and my forehead. You can see it more prominently here.