Terre Haute Postcards

More postcards from my collection...

Callahan Funeral Home

This unused postcard has the following printed text...

Callahan Funeral Home
2425 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana
Serving Families in the Wabash Valley for Fifty Years

38888-B
Pub. by Martin's Photo Shop, Terre Haute, Ind.
Made by Dexter Press, West Nyack, N.Y.

Candlelite Inn Motel

This unused postcard has the following printed text...

71315-B
Pub. by Richard H. Bruce, Terre Haute, Ind.
Dexter Press, Inc.
West Nyack, New York

Candlelite Inn Motel
803 N. 3rd St., Terre Haute, Ind.
Phone C7031

Located on highways 63 - 41, 8 blocks north downtown Terre Haute.
23 Luxury Rooms - Carpeted - Air Conditioned - Free Television - Tub and Shower Comb. - Telephones - Free Coffee in Rooms - Free Paper.
American Express and Carte Blanche credit cards honored.

Carte Blanche originated as a Travel & Entertainment (T&E) card owned by Hilton Hotels, and competed with both American Express and Diners Club. The company changed ownership after being sold by Hilton, with Citibank owning the company for a brief period during the 1960s, and finally repurchasing it in 1979, and phasing the card out of service in the late 1980s. Throughout most of the 1960s and 1970s, the Carte Blanche card was considered to be a more prestigious worldwide travel and entertainment than American Express or Diners Club, though its small cardholder base hindered its success. Carte Blanche also was the first to implement a 'Gold Card' program, but initially only as a means to recognize cardholders who were frequent users and paid their bills on time. In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived in the United States when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank in 1981, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card.

This page created 7th March 2005, last modified 29th June 2008