Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
In 1933 Adolf Hitler met with Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the development of a “Volks-Wagen” (“People Car”), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and which should cost no more than a 990 Richsmark (at an average income of 32RM/week).
Hitler’s original napkin sketch, 1932
Except for the “Superscope Stereo” this advertisement looks, and reads like a scene from many a pulp novel.
Quiriguá is located near the Motagua River in Guatemala. The site dates back to between 724 and 785AD when it was under the rule of K’ak’ Tiliw Chan Yopaat.
The monumental complex of pyramids, terraces, and stairways echoes a time when the city prospered from trade in jade and obsidian.
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The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother, Abel Bellamy, takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewelry-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother’s wife to keep things quiet. Continue reading “The Green Archer, 1940”
The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 that joined Western Europe with the Middle East.
Although the original Orient Express was simply a normal international railway service, the name became synonymous with intrigue, luxury & comfort when traveling was still rough and dangerous.
The 1930s saw the services of the Orient Express at its most popular, running three parallel services; The Simplon Orient Express, the Orient Express and the Arlberg Orient Express
It was during this time, the Orient Express acquired its reputation for comfort and luxury, carrying sleeping-cars with permanent service and restaurant cars known for the quality of their cuisine. Royalty, nobles, diplomats, business people patronized it, mingling with those of the middle class. Each of the Orient Express services, incorporating sleeping cars, extending the rail service from one edge of continental Europe to the other. The start of the Second World War in 1939 (again) interrupted the service, which did not resume until 1945.
In 1934, one of its passengers, Agatha Christie, wrote her novel Murder on the Orient Express, partly inspired by the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby (1932) and events on her trip in 1928-29 which left the train marooned in a snow bank for 6 days.
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)
Maps of the Japanese Empire in 1936 and 1942, from Life magazine, April 16, 1945
