Tag: 1938
A Map of Herr Hitler’s Heaven
“A Map of Herr Hitler’s Heaven,” Richard Yardley, Ken magazine, April 21, 1938.
Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection. Cornell University Library’s Digital Collections
Fight Club, 1938
A photo of the Radio Pictures Chorus Girls practicing for a variety show in 1938.
1938 Lincoln Zephyr Dealer Brochure
Cover from a 1938 Lincoln Zephyr dealer’s brochure
Wild West Weekly, Dec 10, 1938
War of the Worlds, Dell, 1938
Motorcycle Drawn Chariot
Chariot of 1938 Ben Hur Drawn by Four Motorcycles
For the Ben Hur of the motor age, no four-horse team would do. Instead, the charioteer – stunting in a sports festival sponsored by a Potsdam regiment in Germany – rides on a rubber-tired chariot drawn by four motorcycles. “Reigns” in the driver’s hands lead to the handlebars of all four “bikes.” which are harnessed together by three horizontal bars. The harness recalls certain farm tractors which are controlled by reigns
Fly British Around the World
1938 Qantas Empire Airways advertising poster
Titans of the Deep, 1938
Prominent scientists Dr. William Beebe (‘William Beebe’) and Otis Barton (Otis Barton), using the Bathyspere invented by Barton, descend several thousand feet to the ocean floor off of the shores of Bermuda to study and film sea creatures seen and filmed at that depth for the first time. A sometimes staged semi-documentary that was often sold and advertised as an exploitation/horror picture. (IMDb.com)
Nothing Suggestive Going on Here…
A 1938 Chrysler Royal convertible being serviced in this Standard Oil promotional shot.
