Michael Lebowitz

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August 12, 2008

hotel door hangers collected by my grandfather

When my grandfather passed away last year, my family gathered to go through his belongings. He had been in the foreign service and he had filled a whole wall of his study with hotel door hangers from all his travels throughout the world. They're really beautiful, in aggregate, and I wanted to share. Enjoy.

                                                                                                             



Comments (22)
Aug 13, 2008

Garry Tan said...
Absolutely remarkable.

Zach Blank said...
Looking at the English on all of these from all over the world is really interesting. Seeing how the languages translate and more interesting seeing all of the different ways to say 'Clean My Room.' It gives a great insight into the culture of all these different places.

Kurt K said...
I really enjoy the ones with only graphics, they require no translation

Dave said...
love these.. just posted on grain edit. Thanks for emailing me.

rachael said...
fantastic! a lovely collection from your grandfather...thank you for sharing them.

VisuaLingual said...
Wow, what an astounding collection; thanks for sharing!

michael ferdman said...
awesome stuff michael...wonderful collection

as I think you know I grew up with my grandparents and have saved a lot of things as well. you can learn a lot from them

stay well

ric said...
man, after all the hotels i've been in, this collection would have been one that would have made the experience better. Your grand dad was brilliant!

wonko said...
Impressive and really awsome! Thanks for sharing this collection...

Greetings from Germany

Greg Huntoon said...
You know, I've been avoiding doing this for years, but you've inspired me to catalogue my dad's insanely large matchbook collection. Even if it's just the 200 coolest (out of an enormous bowl probably in the range of 3500 books deep), I think there are probably some tiny design gems in there.

Ed said...
As one of a handful of active "do not disturb" sign collectors worldwide I am always pleased to learn about other people who share the same passion. Get in touch if you'd like to join us.
Greetings from Italy

Jessica said...
This is a beautiful collection. What a legacy to leave behind...

Roberto said...
Very nice. Some of them are moving too, like the one from the Beirut Phoenicia International, once one of the most beautiful hotels of the Mediterranean and now a heap of ruins...

Starr said...
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Tina said...
Thanks for posting these! When I was a child and my father traveled a lot as a national sales manager, he collected do not disturb signs for me. Pretty quickly, we decided to only collect the ones that were creative. Now that most hotels have the key cards, I miss the DND signs, but still get to collect some every once in a while. Some of my favorites are... Disneyland (from a recent trip with my daughter), Blackbeards Castle in St Thomas, Stanford Court in San Francisco, Cashel Palace Hotel

Shiran - From (south) Brazil said...
[PT-BR]
Caramba! Fiquei com inveja de seu avô! Ele viajou pelo mundo todo! E pelo jeito era um sujeito bem criativo, não?...

Parabéns por esta maravilhosa coleção!

[EN]
Wow!!! I envy so much you grandpa! He traveled around the whole world! And it looks that he was a very creative dude, wasn´t he?...

Congrats for this awesome collection!

val said...
such a trip... thanks for sharing!

Indeed it's a nice collection! I saw many original ones as a traveller, like this one I saw that said only "zzzZZZZzzzz"!

miqitie said...
that's cool ! thank u for giving ~~

nova said...
love the sleeping tasmanian devil, and I also love the "please wake me for meals / please let me sleep" from israel airlines <- beautiful set

yvette said...
Amazing collection! Thanks so much for sharing these really cool door hangers. I spent way too much time looking at them. ;o)!

Sonny said...
Tiny lil pieces of world packed in this wonderful set. These designs are forever I guess... and a reminder for the rest of us that it's nice to collect stuff - you never know.-)

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