Category: Travel
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Berlin Is Back Again in Touristia
World War I utterly devastated Germany. The war ended in 1918. Four years later, in 1922, the New York Times Magazine reported that tourism could finally be said to have returned to Berlin in earnest. Berlin has managed, after fading completely in 1919, after two hard but discouraging attempts in 1920 and 1921, to reinstate…
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Tenting on the New Camp Ground
As more cars entered consumers’ hands, by summer 1922, Americans were driving across the country for vacations and trips at at unprecedented level. This New York Times Magazine article described the phenomenon, as seen on highways and roads: Turns into any trans-continental highway, the Lincoln or the Dixie, the old trails of New York and New…
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Bored Americans Abroad
After World War I had ravaged the continent for several years, the summer of 1921 finally brought American tourists back to Europe. While the war had ended in November 1919, summer 1920 tourism had still not quite recovered to the pre-war level, as this September 1921 New York Times Magazine article described. Various reasons besides…
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Motor Owners Paying High Gasoline Prices
In March 1920, gas prices hovered at 31 to 35 cents a gallon. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $4.07 to $4.59 — or double the current national average of $2.21. Two main factors caused the high 1920 gas prices: demand outstripping supply, and the end of World War I. Gasoline consumption has increased in much greater…
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Paraguay, Land of the Tea With a “Kick”
This 1920 article predicted Paraguay’s beverage yerba mate “may become a habit some day in the United States.” It was not to be. The article also noted the country’s 10:1 female-male ratio. Today, it’s completely even. A celebrated and valuable product of the little inland South American Republican of Paraguay is “yerba maté,” made from the…
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