50 vintage photos that show what to travel to look like

Explore the Glamor Age of Adventure


Bossa Nova Bands playing in Rio in the 1960s. The lovers of nature looking at the Geysers blow at Yellowstone National Park in 1912. Families cruise in a Cadillac on a countrytrip In the 1940s. There was something outright magic to travel to Eras past. Not only was it more glamorous - people who are dressed in costumes, heels and gloves to go to the airport instead of tracksuit pants and today's sneakers, but the time has also moved More slowly, focusing on the trip instead of the destination. Of course, it has never been so easy to explore the world that today, but that does not mean that we can not aspire to a nostalgic little victory in the past. Browse the album below for vintage travel photos from around the world and decades.

1
Sleepover cruise ship

six women sleep on bunk bets in a vintage cruise ship
ALLAN CASH PICTURE LIBRARY / ALAMY

A group of women poses in their bunk beds in a sleeping cabin aboard the British India cruise ship, circa 1950.

2
So long, goodbye

a group of people wave at train passengers
Swedodutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy

Friends and family wave at the review of a train for Italy during the Wirtschaftwunder or a wave of mass grave, following the Second World War in Germany, 1958.

3
A scene from Model Airport

travelers walk through an airport
Marion S. Trikosko / Library of Congress

Air travel out of New York was much more mod and minimalist in 1965. Today, this terminal from John F. Kennedy airport has been restored to its former glory and reopened like glamorousTWA Hotel. Here you can sip Shirley temples in aAirplane converted 1958 Or dive into an overflow pool on the roof overlooking the track.

4
Camper Vans

a woman sits in a camper van with two suitcases
Interfaceo / Alamy

A woman smiles with her suitcases at the back of a Camper Van, around 1960.

5
Jazz Days

a group sit on a sundeck of a ship in the 1920s
United Archives GmbH / Alamy

Sea travelers are making a way through the Panama Canal in the 1920s.

6
Tours

a group of people sit in a bus in the 1970s
U.S. News & World Report a photography photography of magazine / convention library

Tourists in a bus tour in Washington, D.C. in February 1974.

7
Cruisin '

a group of people waves at a cruise ship
Traditional image library / Alamy

A crowd welcomes the M / S Stockholm passenger ship because it arrives in the port of New York on March 1, 1948 of Gothenburg, Sweden.

8
Get used to

a man and woman watch as a customs officer goes through their suitcases
Maurice Images GmbH / Alamy

A passenger frame as a customs officer in Tempelhof Airfield in Berlin, Germany examines its luggage in the 1930s.

9
Easy runners

two men ride motorcycles
Boyd Norton / Public Domain / US National Archives

Two men raise motorcycles through the mountains in May 1972.

10
The dining room car

a group of friends eat dinner in a train car
Swedodutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy

The train passengers enjoy cakes and coffee in the dining room on the railway is German, on a Leipzig road in Munich.

11
Animal encounter

three bears lean against a vintage car
Chippix / Shutterstock

The tourists of this wooden gas station wagon have met some fur spaces during their trip to Yellowstone National Park.

12
Collection of analog information

a line of people wait in front of an information booth
Public domain

Before Internet, a visit to the information desk was indispensable for any trip. Here, tourists receive maps and other information from a Ranger park in Grand Canyon in 1948.

13
Capitol bus visits

a group of people get off a bus in front of capitol hill
U.S. News & World Report a photography photography of magazine / convention library

Tourists take to Capitol Hill and others Washington, D.C. Bus sites in 1974.

14
Tram transport

a man gets on a streetcar in new york
Congress Library

Tourists and locals were through New York City at Pay-As-You-enter Streetcars. This shot was taken in 1916. To go to one of these vintage films yourself, consult theNew York Transit Museum In the center of Brooklyn.

15
The original Airbnb

two women sit inside a home in the 1940s
Edwin Rosskam, Congress Library

Two women relax in an inn in Truro, Massachusetts in August 1940.

16
Minimalist campsite

a group of campers sit in a canyon
David HISLER / NARA / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Backpackers on a one-week hike through the labyrinth, a remote and rugged region of UtahCanyonland National Park In May 1972. Their minimalist configuration is nowhere close to the current Glamping accommodation, such asUnder the canvas.

17
Snapshots Souvenirs

a man takes a photo of a girl leaning against a car
Congress Library

A couple takes a picture to commemorate their trip on the road through theGreat Smoky Mountains National Park In Gatlinburg, Tennessee, around 1950.

18
A favorable adventure to children

two mothers and four kids get out of a vintage car
Florida State Library and Archives / Wikimedia Commons

Families unpack and prepare for a beach vacation in Tallahassee, Florida in May 1957.

19
Outfit

four women walk with suitcases
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

Four women dress in hats, heels and dresses to board an airplane from the airport in the 1940s.

20
Close and staff

a man pets a bear
Congress Library

A well dressed man domestic animals a bearub in a national park. (Date Unknown)

21
Drag

a man and a woman play with a plane propeller
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

A couple plays with the propeller on an airplane for a photo in the early 1900s.

22
National parking

a full parking lot in a national park
Abbey Rowe / Congress Library

A parking packaged in the Grand Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 1952.

23
Fantasy sled

two women sled down a snowy hill
Genthe Photo Collection / Congress Library

Two women dragged a steep and snowy slope inYosemite National Park in 1904.

24
Brotherly Love

two boys pose in front of the grand canyon
Mark Harmel / Alamy

Two young boys standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon in 1960 for family holidays.

25
Light packing

a 1940s woman opens a suitcase
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

The luggage has changed considerably since the 1940s and 50, when people travel with trunks instead of smart suitcases.

26
Family picnic

two women and a boy have a picnic in the park
Lyudmila2509 / Shutterstock

A picnic in St. Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad) during a trip on the family road in 1983.

27
Scout

three girls set up a tent in the woods
Virginia State Parks / Flickr

The simple tent that these scouts were in the 1950s, it is far from the multi-summary homes of today.

28
Couple of Sidecar

two women ride a motorcycle and sidecar
Chippix / Shuttertock

Why travel at the back of a motorcycle, when you can go hunting rifle in a Sidecar like the woman in this vintage photo?

29
Presidential trip

Eleanor Roosevelt walks on a tarmac
Lawrence W. Jordan / FDR Presidential Library and 2.0 museum / cc

Eleanor Roosevelt is a suitcase at Laguardia Airport in New York in 1960.

30
Bus stop

a greyhound bus stops in arizona
Traditional image library / Alamy

A Greyhound bus leads to Arizona in 1959.

31
OPP Photo

a man takes a photo next to ruins
Arthur Rothstein / Congress Library

A tourist installs his camera for a photo of Rhyolit, a ghost town of Nevada, March 1940.

32
Cargo

a car drives on a ferry in the 1960s
ALLAN CASH PICTURE LIBRARY / ALAMY

A mini traveler board a sea ferry in the Scottish Highlands in 1968.

33
Sweeping views

a man and two women pose in front of a european village
Public domain

Tourists take a picture during a trip to the medieval town of Wiesensteig, Germany in October 1950.

34
Ice climb

a group of travelers climb a glacier
New Zealand Archives / CC by-sa 2.0

A group goes up the Fox glacier in New ZealandWestland Tai Pouini National Park in 1966.

35
Deserted

a woman and two men look at a desert in Jordan
ALLAN CASH PICTURE LIBRARY / ALAMY

A woman and two guides take in the vast extent of a desert in Jordan in the 1950s.

36
Family photo

a family of four smiles for a photo
NERUD ROMAIN / SHUTTERSTOCK

A family of four smiles for the camera on vacation, around 1970.

37
To travel by train

a train maitre d' talks to a woman and her dog
ALLAN CASH PICTURE LIBRARY / ALAMY

The Master of the Brighton Beautiful Pullman Train Horriage records with a passenger and his dog on a platform of the Victoria train station in London in the 1950s. You can experience Glamor train today by reserving a trip to the luxuriousBritish Belmond Pullman.

38
Adventures in Mexico

two women and three men pose for a photo in mexico
Chippix / Shuttertock

Tourists pose with local residents in Tijuana, Mexico in the early 1900s.

39
Carriage walks

a horse-drawn carriage of tourists drives around washington d.c.
Everett Collection / Shuttertock

Tourist visits Washington, D.C. by horse and trolley, around 1942.

40
Views of the track

a group of travelers wait in an airport gate and watch out the windows to the runway
John Vachon / Convention Library

Passengers waiting for flights in a Washington terminal, D.C. Airport in April 1940.

41
Hiker

a female backpacker poses in front of a house
Gado / Alamy Images

A backpacker puts on the lawn before a hostel in 1966.

42
Snow rabbit

a female skier poses in snow with her skis on her shoulders
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

A young woman wearing a ski outfit pose with her skis for a photo, around 1940s or 1950.

43
Boat

a group of people disembark off a boat
Municipal archives of Seattle / DC by 2.0

Tourists at the boat skagit tour at Lake Ross in Washington State, around 1970s.

44
Bums bums

a group of men and women pose on a beach in the 1930s
Public domain

A group absorbs the sun on the beach of Mar del Plata in Argentina in 1930.

45
Big geysere

a group of onlookers watch a geyser erupt
Congress Library

The Great Geyser bursts 200 feet from high to Yellowstone National Park in 1912.

46
Information cabin

a group of people approach an information booth
U.S. News & World Report a photography photography of magazine / convention library

Visitors ask questions at the information booth during a trip to Washington, D.c. in April 1969.

47
Pont views

a woman poses in front of a bridge
ALLAN CASH PICTURE LIBRARY / ALAMY

A traveler poses in Uganda, Africa, in the 1950s with a plate explaining that the bridge was a re-erect emergency steel bridge, which was originally built on the Thames of the Second World War.

48
Hollywood Boulevard

a young woman waits on hollywood boulevard with her suitcase
Russell Lee / Congress Library

A young woman waiting on the sidewalk with a suitcase in Hollywood, California, in 1942.

49
Trekkers

two hikers walk through a canyon
National Archives of the Public / American Domain

Hikers explore the Grand Canyon in 1972.

50
In the plane view

four men wait for a plane to land on the tarmac
John Vachon / Convention Library

Men hold near the Tarmac of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Airport in April 1940.


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