Swizzle Stick Drink Stirrer, Chanticleer Lodge Derry NH, Realistic Rooster, Vintage 1950s

A 1950s swizzle stick from Chanticleer Lodge, a roadside motor lodge on Route 28 in Derry, New Hampshire — a small souvenir from the golden age of American motor travel.

• Venue: Chanticleer Lodge, Derry, New Hampshire (Route 28)
• Materials: Hard plastic, white with gold lettering
• Dimensions: 6 inches long
• Era: 1950s (estimated)
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition. Lettering fully legible. Please review all photos before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This swizzle stick is topped with a fully dimensional, sculptural rooster figure — detailed all the way around rather than flat on back — a step up from the cartoonish figures more common on mid-century pieces, with "Chanticleer Lodge" lettered in gold along the flat stem.

A great find for the swizzle stick collector, the New Hampshire travel enthusiast, or anyone drawn to mid-century motor lodge history.

Chanticleer Lodge operated as a roadside motel along Route 28 in Derry, New Hampshire, part of the wave of independently owned motor lodges that flourished across New England as postwar car culture made road travel newly accessible. Named for the rooster of folklore and fable — "chanticleer" being an old literary name for a proud, crowing rooster — the lodge's realistic rooster swizzle stick makes the name tangible in a way few motor lodge souvenirs manage. Like many independent motels of its era, detailed records of Chanticleer Lodge are scarce today, but surviving pieces like this one are part of what keeps its memory alive.

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