The unmistakable Howard Johnson's orange roof and white cupola gleam under a saturated chrome-era sky in Terre Haute, Indiana — a roadside cathedral of American mid-century dining culture, the "Host of the Highway" chain that at its peak operated more restaurants than McDonald's and Burger King combined. Postmarked August 26, 1962, this card carries one of the most charming messages in roadside postcard collecting: Tillie and Tessie writing to their friend Cora in Girard, Ohio, to report their Sunday morning breakfast in real-time — "We are having breakfast — Orange Juice, Sausage, Hot cakes & Coffee." A perfect, frozen-in-amber snapshot of an American Sunday morning, 1962.