Howard johnson's

Step back in time and relive the iconic Howard Johnson's experience. Discover the best Howard Johnson's locations, menu items, and memories that will transport you to a bygone era.
The iconic HoJo's orange roof.  In the mid-1950s, Howard Johnson's expanded from restaurants to motor lodges as well.  This image circa 1961 shows the classic color advertising illustrations common for the 1950s & 1960s.  Prior to this time, black & white illustrations and photography were most common,  Afterwards, color photography began dominating magazine advertising. Retro Advertising, Retro Ads, Vintage Advertisements, Vintage Ads, Vintage Travel, Adverts, School Advertising, Vintage Stores, Vintage Diner

The iconic HoJo's orange roof. In the mid-1950s, Howard Johnson's expanded from restaurants to motor lodges as well. This image circa 1961 shows the classic color advertising illustrations common for the 1950s & 1960s. Prior to this time, black & white illustrations and photography were most common, Afterwards, color photography began dominating magazine advertising.

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Innovation Institute
Remembering Howard Johnson's - Mr. Local History Project Howard Johnson Hotel, Orange Sherbert, Maple Shade, Howard Johnson's, Mount Holly, Instant Brands, History Projects, Old Signs, Retro Recipes

Who doesn't remember driving the car and ending up at the famed orange roof of the famed Howard Johnson motor lodge or restaurant. From Weirs Beach, New Hampshire to Daytona Beach Florida, all the way out to Anaheim, California it was the famed orange roof where you could stay at the motor lodge or grab some of the best clam boat and ice cream on the planet. So for a Jersey guy, I was surrounded by the orange roof not only in New Jersey, but it was wherever we drove. And we drove a lot. Ah…

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Ground Round sign The Ground Round, Plaza, Rhode Island History, Howard Johnson's, Childhood Memories 70s, Quad Cities, Local History, Detroit History, Vintage Restaurant

For more than seven decades American roads were dotted with the familiar orange roof and blue cupola of the ubiquitous Howard Johnson’s restaurants and Motor Lodges. The company’s founder and namesake was a grade school dropout who became a franchising pioneer and introduced the restaurant industry to centralized purchasing. Johnson repeated his formula with motor […]

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Dennis Light
Howard Johnson's Presents a Children's Menu Featuring Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Open Culture Ridley Scott Blade Runner, Great Sci Fi Movies, Children's Films, Howard Johnson's, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Science Fiction Movie, Space Books, Kids Menu, Popular Mechanics

Rumor has it that prominent placement in a science-fiction movie can put a kind of 'curse' on a brand: witness the fates, for instance, of Atari, Bell, and Pan American World Airways, all of which went south after appearing in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner in 1982.

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Bobbie Albrecht