A couple of maps showing the routes Pan American airlines took through Central and South American
1930s Central and South American route map
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Nancy Torrez (1911–1994)
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Mexican actress Nancy Torrez
When to be Nonchalant…
…when you have been whispering over the phone to your new boyfriend and discover the rest of the office force listening in over an extension line.
The Herald-Press, St. Joseph, Michigan, April 23, 1930
A New Year…
The Aztec sun stone at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City
photographed in c. 1930. Photo: Ewing Galloway/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images
Joyzelle Joyner (1905-1980)
Promotional photo of Joyzelle Joyner in the 1930 film, Just Imagine.
Kay Johnson
Kay Johnson posing as Madam Satan in a promotional shot for Cecil B. DeMille’s 1930 film “Madam Satan”
Christ the Redeemer
Consolidated Commodore flying over the construction of the Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio De Janeiro, 1930.
Cross Crossings Cautiously
Safety notice from the New Haven Railroad to pay attention around railroad tracks
“Last Year 2485 killed, 6804 Injured, 24% ran into side of trains”
Six-Story Highway
Here is an artist’s conception of the amazing multiple highway plan of Dr. John A. Harriss, former health commissioner of New York City. The plan calls for six traffic levels. Each level is for designated traffic. There is an express traffic level. two one-way levels for bus traffic and other plans to expedite traffic. This proposal of Fr. Harriss is gaining favor as one of the most feasible of many schemes advanced to handle the constantly increasing motor and pedestrian traffic. – Inventions for March, 1930
Madam Satan
Swedish poster for Cecil B. De Mille’s Madam Satan, 1930
