Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "tours"

Berchtesgaden Salt Mine, September 17, 1962

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:43:03 +0000

A looking at the camera photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Sign on the wall behind the train: "Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden, 17.9.62" ("Berchtesgaden Salt Mine, 9/17/62.")

Twenty-four riders on a mine train are peering intently at the photographer's camera in this souvenir photo from the Berchtesgaden Salt Mine in Bavaria, Germany, on September 17, 1962.

For a similar photo from a different mine, see Hallein Salt Mine Tour, near Salzburg, Austria, July 31, 1962

I Walked through an Elephant Ticket, Margate, New Jersey

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 04:34:02 +0000

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"I walked through an elephant. Lucy, Margate, New Jersey. National Landmark. 1881. 11253."

An undated ticket stub from a tour of Lucy the Elephant, "a six-story elephant-shaped example of novelty architecture" and possibly "the oldest surviving roadside tourist attraction in America," according to Wikipedia.

Rockefeller Center Guided Tour Ticket, August 29, 1942

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:40:46 +0000

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"Guest of Rockefeller Center Guided Tour. Date, Aug. 29, 1942."

See also tickets for the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center:

Chicago World's Fair Greyhound Lines, 1933-34

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:35:32 +0000

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For additional photos and information regarding the Greyhound "trailer coaches" that were used in 1933 and 1934 at the Chicago World's Fair (its offical name was "A Century of Progress International Exposition"), see Lord K's Garage #125: The Greyhounds of Progress, an article posted on Dieselpunks.

Handwritten on the back of the photo:

One of the Fair Buses

10¢ one way around the grounds. 25¢ round trip with all the stops you desire. This means anytime and anywhere. You can't see much by riding.

Paddan Canal Boat Ride, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 04:26:02 +0000

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A photo of crowds, throngs, or hordes (a big bunch of people) for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Handwritten note on the back of this real photo postcard: "July 1957. Our boat ride around canal in Gothenburg, Sweden. Beautiful day."

More than fifty passengers are crowded into this "paddan" canal boat. Paddan means "turtle" in Swedish, and the boats are named for their turtle-like profile (imagine an upside-down turtle shell), which allows them to pass safely underneath the low bridges along the Gothenburg canals.

Pacific Tour Bus No. 14, Cliff House, San Francisco, California

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:44:10 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo of trains, planes, ships, and buses (people photographed traveling inside one of these modes of transport—preferably shot from the inside).

A souvenir real photo postcard of tourists at the Cliff House restaurant, San Francisco, Calif. They're riding in "Pacific No. 14," one of the Pacific Sightseeing Company's tour buses. Mouse over the image above for a close-up view of the passengers.

For similar photos, see the Cliff House Project's Transportation Web page (scroll down to the Tour Buses section).

Pacific Tour Bus No. 14, Cliff House, San Francisco, California (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:44:08 +0000

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For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

Fergani A. H. Khattab, Dragoman and Tourist Conductor, Cairo, Egypt

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:20:10 +0000

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"Fergani A. H. Khattab, dragoman & tourist conductor, Cairo, Upper Egypt, & Nubia, Nile trips and camping contractor. Address: Mena Pyramids P.O., Cairo, Egypt."

As far as I can determine, "dragoman" in this context on a business card simply means "interpreter or guide." Wikipedia's dragoman article explains the historical significance of the term, which referred to "an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, Arabic, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates, and trading posts."

For a similar card, see SonomaPicMan's Dragoman's 1885 Calling Card on Flickr.

Hallein Salt Mine Tour, near Salzburg, Austria, July 31, 1962

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:41:42 +0000

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"Salzbergwerk Dürrnberg-Hallein. Foto-Koblmüller, Hallein-Salzburg. Partie 103, 31 Juli 1962."

Handwritten on back: "Salt mines at Salzburg."

Printed on back: "Echte Photographie" [real photo].

Seeing Middletown, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:41:54 +0000

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Seeing Washington

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:32:01 +0000

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"Seeing Washington. No. 2. Starting point, Home Life Bldg., Cor. 15th & G. Sts., N.W., opposite U.S. Treasury."

Dye's Taxi, Tours and Trips Arranged to Suit You

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:43 +0000

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"Dye's Taxi. Tours and trips arranged to suit you. Yorktown, Jamestown, Plantations, Monticello, and Carter's Grove a specialty. Competent, courteous chauffeur, guide: Vance. Phone 99."