From Abbott’s Magic, 1937
Tag: 1937
Ghost Story, February 16, 1937
The Los Angeles Times, California, February 16, 1937
Thrilling Detective, Dec, 1937
Dick Tracy, 1937
Dick Tracy’s foe for this serial is the crime boss and masked mystery villain The Spider/The Lame One (both names are used) and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental “speed plane”, The Spider captures Dick Tracy’s brother, Gordon. The Spider’s minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother. (Wikipedia)
Golden Gate Bridge Turns 80
Construction start: January 5, 1933, Construction end: April 19, 1937, Opened: May 27, 1937
Total length 8,981 ft (about 1.7 miles), Width 90 ft, Height 746 ft
Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1937
Adler Trumpf Junior, 1937
A lady in her Adler Trumpf Junior, originally published in ‘Die Koralle’ magazine in 1937
The Adler Trumpf Junior is a small family car introduced by the Frankfurt based auto-maker, Adler early in 1934. The Trumpf Junior was conceived as a similar but smaller car which would broaden the range and claim a share of a growing market for small inexpensive front wheel drive cars. (Wikipedia)
REO Speed Wagon, 1937
1937 REO Half-Ton Speed Delivery Pick-Up And Panel
New for 1937 were these half-ton models, available “At New Low Prices”: $561 up for the pick-up and $666 up with the panel body, F.O.B. Lansing.
Argosy, Sept. 4, 1937
Giant Grasshopper, 1937
They sure grew em big during the dust bowl!
