The Amsterdam City Archives has a photo exhibition about 100 years of KLM the Dutch airline.
Look how simple flying was in the early days.
Famous passengers.as Josephine Baker in 1928.
And Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer in 1954.
Emigrants on their way to Australia in 1950. Between 1947 and 1961 126.000 Dutch people left for Australia to build a new life there. Driven by the poor economic prospects in their own country and the fear of a third World War. Most people went by ship but KLM organised special emigrant flights at reduced rates.
Amazing how comfortable to fly this way.
Interesting to see how flying used to be. Great set of historical images.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMomentos históricos, aproveito para desejar um bom fim-de-semana.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAndarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
I love it when I see old photographs from my generation. »-(¯`·.·´¯)->
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreat photos. The very first time I flew, the stewardesses wore tidy uniforms like that. However, I never saw a plane with those beds before. What a welcome sight.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAmazing changes have taken place in air transportation.
BeantwoordenVerwijdereneen interessante terugblik Marianne
BeantwoordenVerwijderenalles verandert.. en snel
Wat grappig die bedden, lijkt me heerlijk als je een lange vlucht hebt.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInteresting exhibition, I like old photos.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI love KLM! Wasn't great airline designer Tony Folker Dutch?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYes you are right, amazing you know!
VerwijderenI like these period photos.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt is also so refreshing to see how people dressed for an airline flight back in the day and so sad to see what it has come to.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLovely exhibition with the old photos. I still remember flying int he 70's and we would all dress up for it, my Dad would wear a suit! Now it's the total opposite and people go as sloppy as they can to feel relaxed. I had no idea there were special flights to bring immigrants from Holland to Australia.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLove this post. I was a stew in the 60's and worked on one of the DC-3's
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI also wore a very similar uniform. Those were the days!