Graf-Zeppelin over the Saladin Citadel, Cairo Egypt, 1931. Round trips offered to Egyptian clients from Almaza airport over the Sinai and around Jerusalem.
Category: Transportation
Whatever it takes to get to point A to point B… by air, rail, road or sea
Ingo-Bike, 1934
Marian Marsh posing on an Ingo-Bike. The bike had a springy foot board and no pedals. The bicycle was propelled forward by a combination of pulling on the steering bar and body movement.
Airborne Zeppelin Airfield, 1925
a British proposal for an airborne aircraft carrier.
Daring Young Men Needed… 1927
Iter-Auto, 1930
In car navigation has its roots back in the 1930s when an Italian company invented the Iter-Auto. The Iter-auto was attached to the dashboard and synced up with the car’s speedometer, the device would use routes printed on long paper scrolls. Besides the route you were taking, the maps would also feature info on hotels, garages, diners and the like.
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New Union Station, Kansas City
New Union Station, Kansas City, Mo.
Cost of Building $6,000,000.00.
Cost of Terminal $44,000,000.00.
From Drawing by Teachener-Bartberger Eng. Co. Kansas City, Mo.
Union Station made headlines on June 17, 1933, as four lawmen were gunned down by gang members attempting to free captured fugitive Frank Nash. Nash was also killed in the gun battle. The “Kansas City Massacre” highlighted the lawlessness of Kansas City under the Pendergast Machine and resulted in the arming of all FBI agents. (Wikipedia)
Vital Distances, 1942
Newsmap. Monday, August 3, 1942 : week of July 24 to July 31, poster, August 3, 1942; [Washington, D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Imperial Airways, 1930s
GM Futureliner
Futureliner, 1936
Futureliner, 1940
Futureliner Parade
Misr Airlines, 1934
