I found this photo of Nathan Road from a 1972 Hong Kong guidebook. It didn't take me long to recognize familiar landmarks from the photos I've posted of 1962 and 1966 Kowloon.The "EL" in the upper right corner looked familiar, like the same font used in the Sun Ya Hotel where … [Read more...]
Postcard from Japan, 1965
My mom has been in Japan now for 10 days and frequently sends e-mails about her stay in Tokyo and side trips to hot springs outside the capital and to Kyoto.She remembers a little of the Japanese she used to speak well enough to buy things in stores, take the train, and ask … [Read more...]
Made in China
I found this ad in a tourist book from 1972, one of the years my grandparents traveled to Hong Kong.The ad wasn't on a two-page spread. This was it....from China!In 1972 travelers couldn't enter China easily. For some, it was closed off. For others, the country was so … [Read more...]
Luggage label from Bora Bora
My grandma gave me this luggage label from one of her stays in Bora Bora 40 years ago. My grandparents loved Bora Bora, an island in French Polynesia.And I love luggage labels. What a fun souvenir. My friends at Gwulo.com posted a great article yesterday about the history of … [Read more...]
Flying me across the equator
In honor of the World Cup, I’m posting this luggage tag my grandparents received in the early 1970s when they flew from Chicago to Johannesburg. Back in the day, hotels and airlines gave out stickers like this one.Flying to South Africa during apartheid wasn't easy. My … [Read more...]
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