Howard Johnson's, New England, 1940s/1950s

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Howard Johnson's, New England, 1940s/1950sHoward Johnsons was once Americas biggest restaurant chain and still evokes memories in many people of road trips and family meals of fried clam strips and ice cream. HoJos, as it was known, began life as a pharmacy and soda fountain in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1925. Businessman Howard Johnson saw that customers were queuing up for his ice cream and milk shakes rather than the items on sale in the drugstore and soon had his first sit down restaurant.

a first-class building

January 27

It must be fun to celebrate a New Year on the ocean waves…

Famed for its ornately decorated ceilings and elaborate wood paneling

these huge complexes had changing facilities

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vastly increased the number of visitors

Source: British Library Board/Robana

Royal and Excelsior stood next to each other in Aix-Les-Bains

Washington Post commentator H

hot and cold running water and bathrooms in the lavishly furnished rooms and suites

Several State Cafes opened in provincial English cities but most of them had closed by the late 1940s