Thursday, February 10, 2011

Homes of Geneva Thompson Porter

378 Goundry, North Tonawanda.  Photo courtesy of and owned by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas.
Geneva Thompson Porter and her husband Peter spent much of the 1920s on ocean liners, traveling throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Far East. The Rare Book Room holds 3 of Geneva's diaries, describing her 1922, 1927, and 1929 European and North African excursions, covering some 81 cities in 15 countries. But when the Porters weren’t traveling, they spent time at their residences in Western New York and Rhode Island.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Travel Advertisements

Remember when travel was glamorous?  The field of advertising and mass-circulated magazines exploded in the prosperous 1920s, and the luxury and excitement of travel was a key feature in ads from this era. Click "Read more" below to view more advertisements.
"The summer season in Venice...."  From L'Illustration, 1920s.