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Whitehouse Restaurant, Old Saybrook Connecticut | Dexter Press Chrome Postcard

Whitehouse Restaurant, Old Saybrook Connecticut | Dexter Press Chrome Postcard

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AT A GLANCE

Title:
"Whitehouse Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge"
Publisher:
Dexter Press, New York
Type:
Standard Size Postcard (3 ½” x 5 ½”)
Subject:
Restaurant, cocktail lounge
Style:
Documentary, travel photography
Circa:
1980
Print type:
Photochrome print
Condition:
Excellent (EX)
Color:
Glossy
Postcard:
Chrome
Photographer:
John Grab, Oscala, Florida
Location:
Old Saybrook, Connecticut USA
Postmark:
Unposted | Unused
Notes:
Code #67988-D

Vintage 1980s postcard featuring the elegant dining room of The Whitehouse Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, located on Boston Post Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Photographed and published by John Garab and printed by Dexter Press, this interior view captures the restaurant’s formal table settings, red‑upholstered seating, chandelier lighting, and classic continental‑cuisine ambiance. A refined example of late‑20th‑century restaurant advertising and regional hospitality ephemera.

Unposted and in excellent condition, this postcard arrives in a protective sleeve for safe storage. Ideal for collectors of restaurant memorabilia, Connecticut history, and dining‑room interiors.

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