Jun 30, 2014

Mary L. Martin Postcards — the “world’s largest” postcard collection — fills the back of a Havre de Grace shop and an additional 10,000-square-foot warehouse a few miles north on U.S. 40 in Perryville.
The exact number of cards in the collection is secret, Martin says, but it’s more than a million. And, within that million there are several vintage postcards from tourist spots across U.S. 40.
Browse some vintage postcards of past hotels, restaurants and attractions on U.S. Route 40 in Maryland here.

: Colonial Motor Court motel along Route 40 in Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcard of the Vagabond Motel in Bradshaw. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Clarysville Inn on Route 40 near Frostburg. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcard of the Greyhound Post House along Route 40 near Havre de Grace. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcard of Big Pool, near Old Fort Frederick near Cumberland. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcard of the Hancock Bridge across the Potomac near Route 40 in Hancock. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: U.S. Route 40 in Grantsville. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcard of Route 40 in Cumberland. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: A postcard of the Hutner’s Restaurant and Hotel on Route 40 in Aberdeen from a postcard sent in 1940. (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)

: Postcards from U.S. Route 40 in Aberdeen. Mary Martin runs a longtime family business along Route 40 in Perryville and Havre de Grace that she bills as the “world’s largest postcard shop.” (Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer)