1800s
Old Florida hotels & historic resorts: Trip back to these amazing Victorian vacation destinations
A look back at some of Florida’s historic hotels — the most magnificent resort hotels of the Victorian era, and where — and if — they stand now.
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1940s
Look back at vintage Las Vegas, and find out the Nevada city’s surprising history
Here’s a look back at vintage Las Vegas in its ’60s & ’70s heyday – plus scenes of the new city before then, and a surprising history of the Nevada desert locale.
1980s
Romantic tradition returns in the movie ‘Somewhere in Time’ (1980)
Technically superior, if overly sentimental, ‘Somewhere in Time’ stars Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, and takes viewers back in time to 1912.
1800s
Going up in style: 20 gorgeous ornate antique elevators
Why take the stairs while you can ride up in comfort inside one of these metalwork ‘cage’ style antique elevators, made with beautiful ornamental iron? Just tell the bellhop what floor you want.
1800s
The end of an era: New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel torn down (1929)
The doors of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a 36-year-old internationally-known institution, closed May 1, 1929. Noisy wreckers will clank in to tear it down. The old generation passes with a sigh. The new era enters with a roar.
1800s
Take a trip back to New York’s original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The luxurious original Waldorf-Astoria was among America’s first big hotels. When it was built during the Victorian era, and for years thereafter, it was considered the finest hotel in the world — and it soon became the most famous, too.
1800s
The suite life: See the rooms at the elegant old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1903)
New York City’s old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel — torn down in 1929 — was a luxurious Victorian building that served overnight guests as much as Manhattan’s social elite. Here, take a look inside the hotel rooms and suites, and see what accommodations would have looked like back in 1903!
1960s
Testing the aloha spirit: Hawaii’s tourist boom brings growing pains (1960)
Hawaii is experiencing its greatest tourist boom in history. But there are fears that the Islands’ friendly Aloha spirit will be sacrificed in the rush to keep pace with the influx.
1910s
Texas: The summerland of wintertime (1919)
Texas – The Summerland of Wintertime Thirty or forty years ago, Texas was the dream-objective of every American boy. For him, a seemingly endless plain
1900s
New York’s summer splendor: Hotel Majestic’s roof garden (1903)
The Majestic is an attractive house at all times of the year, but it is additionally so in the summer, because of its beautiful roof garden.
1920s
The construction of the Empire State Building (1929-1930)
The highest building in the world will be built on the site of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. It will be known as the Empire State Building, will be eighty stories high, and will cost more than $66,000,000.
1910s
Vacation in New York City: The summer resort! (1911)
The charm of vacationing in New York — the ideal place for a summer resort — lies in the unrivaled transportation facilities of the great seaport.
1970s
Along the Maui coastline, Hawaii’s new Kapalua villas (1978)
Nestled between the spectacular Maui coastline and the rolling green hills of a lush pineapple plantation lie The Kapalua Villas.
1950s
Howard Johnson’s ice cream shops & restaurants in the 1950s
Haven for the folks… heaven for the kids (1950) One way or another, everybody goes for Howard Johnson’s! You get ice cream with the famous
1960s
Howard Johnson’s ice cream: Good old days goodness (1966)
There’s Good-Old-Days goodness in every flavor… under the orange roof! How ever you love it… to eat in a heaping cone… or to sip by
1970s
Queen Mary Tour: 81,000 tons of fun in Long Beach (1974)
Enjoy every attraction on the biggest family show afloat! The Queen Mary was the greatest, most luxurious ship ever to sail the seas. And now
1800s
Hotel proposed for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park (1895)
Front view of the proposed new hotel near Golden Gate Park A syndicate of capitalists have arranged to build a large hotel near Golden Gate
1950s
America’s most sumptuous new hotel: Beverly Hilton (1955)
Introducing America’s most sumptuous hotel The Beverly Hilton Synonymous with the gracious living of Beverly Hills, the magnificent new Beverly Hilton is the most recent
1980s
Grand Floridian Beach Resort opens at Disney World (1988)
Grand Floridian Beach Resort at Walt Disney World Journey back to the turn of the century… to another time and another place. The Grand Floridian Beach
1980s
John Madden for Ramada Hotels (1987)
What makes Madden mad #21 “Late calls. Okay, you check into a hotel. The big meeting is tomorrow. All you want is a simple 6:30
1950s
Now open: Cuba’s Habana Hilton (1958)
Habana Hilton Now open… Latin America’s tallest, largest hotel Havana, the glamorous, gay capital of Cuba, provides a sophisticated setting for the new 30-story high Habana Hilton. Overlooking
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