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September 1939. "Sign along the road near Capulin, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
This wasn't an isolated case.
I think the "rest assured" means "you are assured to get a good rest here. Safely and comfortably."
[Indeed. It's a pun -- a play on the common idiom "rest assured", the twist being that it's meant literally, in the sense of sleeping or relaxing, as opposed to the figurative sense of "be confident." - Dave]
The swastika had various innocuous meanings for Southwestern Indian tribes, hence the hotel theme.
The building is now a bank but the swastikas remain around the upper perimeter. More info at Hotel Yucca history.
Rest assured of what? Since it's in quotation marks, I guess it's no guarantee of whatever they have in mind. Kind of like the farmer's market down the road from me with its "Fresh" Vegetables sign.
... as we say in the marketing biz.
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