1930s NYC to Boston

This is a film made by Orville Dahl in the 1930s, capturing the time he took his parents, Jordan and Olga, to New York, then to Boston via ship (where Orville was a professor at Harvard), and finally by an American Airlines flight back to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[@Gordoff-44]

A good amount of Harvard University, the Widener Library, Memorial Hall, a Museum on Kirkland St, the Swedenborg Church on Kirkland St where Loretta Switt the actress who played "Hot Lips Houlihan" was married. Faneuil Hall in Boston and the Fish Pier and The Public Garden and Boston Common. God Bless America!

[@TricksterDa]

The aircraft the brothers and their families flew on was a Douglas DC-#, one of the most venerable and durable aircraft ever built. They were brand new when this film was made a good ninety years ago. I flew from Martha's Vineyard to Logan airport in Boston as recently as the 1990s. Here in 2023, there are still a few taking to the air somewhere in the world. A great aircraft.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

the close-in shots of places in Boston look the same as then, the biggest difference are the large passenger ships: the city ferry and Narrow Gauge Railroad ferry weren’t yet discontinued, the Maine and New York steamers were still in-demand for leisurely travel vs. faster New Haven or B&M trains

[@shootfirst2097]

I love all these vintage films... They are glimpses into a country that was more free than it is today.

[@peterb6282]

@shootfirst2097 Can you explain what you mean by "a country that was more free than it is today."?

[@shootfirst2097]

@@peterb6282 A country that didn't have gov't-circumscribed racial favoritism policies like Affirmative Action, quotas in hiring, racial set-asides in gov't contracting,
a UNIONIZED federal workforce (that even JFK was against), massive bureaucracies like the Dept of Education, EPA, OSHA, 17 intelligence agencies that spy on citzens, illegally experiment on citizens (MK-ULTRA for one), that interfere in the media and slant the news (Operation Mockingbird, CIA officials who lied about being "former" officials when they signed a letter claiming
the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation, forced integration in gov't schools... I could go on and on and on.

[@shootfirst2097]

@@peterb6282 Start with gov't-circumscribed racial favoritism like Affirmative Action, employment quotas, racia set-asides in gov't contracting jobs, extra points given to minorities in college SAT testing, 17 intelligence agencies that spy on Americans through the "Patriot Act" and God knows what else, the CIA doing drug and chemical testing on unwitting citizens (MK-ULTRA) and paying the media to bias their reporting (Operation Mockingbird), paying Facebook/Instagram to downrank stories about the Biden Laptop, massive bureaucracies like the Dept. of Education, EPA, OSHA, forced integration/busing in public schools, a corrupt, bloated unionized federal workforce (that even JFK didn't want),
the elimination of aptitude tests in hiring...
I could go on and on and on.

[@unapologeticallyamy9031]

For whom?

[@shootfirst2097]

@@unapologeticallyamy9031 For people who contribute to society, obey the law, don't commit crime, and don't bring destruction to the country, THAT'S who.