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Category Archives: History
Merry Christmas from the Underground
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages know that I’m a sucker for classic travel and transportation posters. So, I love this historic poster art from Transport for London. For over 100 years, London Transport has used posters to promote … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged London, TFL, Transport for London
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Take the Night Train
On December 11th at 8.18pm the night train to Paris left Berlin Hauptbahnhof. This was remarkable because it was the first Berlin-Paris night train in over 9 years. The new Nightjet service between the German and French capitals is more evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Berlin, Europe by Rail, Paris, railways
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Would you like to buy a bridge
I’ve recently been watching a period drama series set in New York City during the early 1880s. A number of episodes feature story lines about the building of the world famous Brooklyn Bridge which officially opened on May 24, 1883. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, History, Photography, Public Transport, USA, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn, Hart Crane, New York City, Publishing and Printing, Walker Evans
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How Random Is That
In 1927, the publisher of Paris-Soir newspaper hired the prolific novelist Georges Simenon to become an advertising attraction. They had a glass booth constructed in the lobby of the newspaper where Simenon, under eyes of the public, was to write … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Georges Simenon, Guy Debord, Stockholm Syndrome
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New York to London in two hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds
Before commercial flights of the famed Concorde were discontinued 20 years ago, a world record flight time of 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds was set on a flight from New York City to London. Since then the Concorde … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Architecture, Europe, History, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged London, London Eye, River Thames
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Advice for Travelers
In a previous incarnation as a travel writer, I proferred various sorts of advice to travelers. I pontificated on everything from where to visit and what to eat, but I rarely offered instruction to time travelers. The very clever video … Continue reading
Life in Mesoamerica
I have been fortunate enough to visit some amazing archeological sites in Mexico, but know very little about life in pre-Colonial Mesoamerica. A recently released digital version of an early Spanish codex from 16th century Mexico offers a window into … Continue reading
Halloween Greetings
These days folks in North America go overboard with Halloween decorations, costumes, parties, candy, and spending, but in the early 20th century they celebrated in a less ostentatious way. As the autumn festival began to emerge in its modern form picture … Continue reading
It’s all Greek to me
I have to admit that I geeked-out on this fascinating website devoted entirely to global writing systems. During my life I’ve actually learned four writing systems, but in my old age I’m only fluent in one of them. World Writing … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, History, South America
Tagged Alphabet, Linguistics, Writing
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