Modern Federal · Hotels

A classic "motor hotel" sign for the El Capitan Motel on historic U.S. Route 66 in Gallup, a small city near the Arizona border in far-western New Mexico

Gallup · 1850–1939

A classic "motor hotel" sign for the El Capitan Motel on historic U.S. Route 66 in Gallup, a small city near the Arizona border in far-western New Mexico, Gallup, 1850–1939
A classic "motor hotel" sign for the El Capitan Motel on historic U.S. Route 66 in Gallup, a small city near the Arizona border in far-western New Mexico, Gallup, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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