This 1945 Lebanon, Missouri postcard features Nelson Tavern and Service Station located along U.S. Highway 66 at the junction with State Highway 5 during the closing year of World War II.
Lebanon operated as an established stop in the Missouri Ozarks where Route 66 travelers encountered taverns, fuel stations, and landscaped roadside businesses designed to serve long-distance motorists. Linen-era postcards of the mid-1940s frequently highlighted manicured grounds, curved highway approaches, and welcoming building facades that suggested order and hospitality along heavily traveled corridors.
The card presents a gently curving stretch of U.S. Highway 66 bordered by flowerbeds and trimmed lawns leading toward the Nelson Tavern and Service Station complex. The upper caption reads Nelson Tavern and Service Station Looking East on U.S. Highway No. 66, while the lower margin identifies the Junction State Highway No. 5 Lebanon, Mo. Soft color texture and matte surface are consistent with linen production of the period, and the reverse is postmarked 1945.
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