1930 1939 Collection (page 8)

Load It Carefully
1933: A woman watches a porter loads her luggage into a taxi. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Amphibious Craft
circa 1930: A motorboat car on the River Spree in Berlin. Invented by a Herr Grosse it takes 15 minutes to transform the car into a motorboat with two floats

Hirth And Weller
1930: German aviators Wolf Hirth and Oscar Weller in their 40hp Klemm L25aI monoplane. The pair are attempting a transatlantic flight from Berlin to Chicago via the Orkneys, Iceland

Dornier Aircraft
circa 1930: The all-metal Dornier Ronnet aircraft produced in Berlin. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Secret Dorchester
circa 1938: An unusual view from the back of the Dorchester Hotel in London, looking down on to roof gardens and patios. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Kutb Minar
circa 1930: Shah Jehans solid iron pillar, nearly 24 feet high and erected in 1052 in the grounds of Kutb (Qutb) Minar by the Rajput Chief Anang Pal who it is believed brought it to Delhi from Bihan

Burmese Cremation
circa 1930: A Burmese priests body is prepared for cremation in a large ornate chariot like a small temple. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Reading Robot
17th August 1932: Alpha, a 2-ton robot, fluent at reading any language, on display during preparations at Londons Olympia for the opening of the Radio Exhibition

Mounted Police
circa 1935: Protection of the desert by the Palestinian Police on camels. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Crop Fields
circa 1935: Crop fields in the British countryside. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Escalator
circa 1930: An escalator on London Underground with posters on show at the side. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Robot Alpha
17th August 1932: Alpha, a two ton robot that can read fluently in any language, on display at the Radio Exhibition in Olympia, London

Taxi Cab
circa 1930: A shiny black taxi cab waiting for a fare. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

USS Brooklyn
circa 1930: The United States Ship (USS) Brooklyn in dry dock. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Ready For Flight
circa 1930: A biplane outside its hangar ready to take off. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Village Cottage
circa 1930: A woman waits by her car outside a picturesque but dilapidated cottage in the country. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Circus Animals
circa 1930: A troupe of horses rear up to form a line in a circus ring. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Shoters Court
September 1937: Waiting in Shorters Court for messages from brokers for delivery to the neighbouring Stock Exchange. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Rabbit Rifles
circa 1935: Two men looking through the window of a gun shop at Charing Cross. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building, New York, designed by William Van Alen and completed in 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), 31st President of the United States from 1928 to 1932. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bauhaus
Exterior of the Bauhaus school of applied at Dessau, designed by architect Walter Gropius in 1926. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Girl About Town
A girl about town leans on her Alvis motor car and surveys the dilapidated facade of a thatched cottage. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bankside View
St Pauls Cathedral seen from Bankside on the River Thames, London, with barges on the river.. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Black Canyon on the Boulder river in Colorado before work starts on the construction of the Boulder Dam. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Mississippi Riverboat
circa 1930: A riverboat on the Mississippi. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Lagonda
8th September 1936: A Vincent Lagonda. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Zhong Shan Road
circa 1930: The Bund in Shanghai a waterfront street housing most of the big banks and top-class hotels (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Downtown Shanghai
circa 1930: Nanking Road, downtown Shanghai with signs in the local language decorating the buildings. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

War Birds
circa 1935: Military aircraft fly over the Statue of Liberty, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

City Street Cross Roads San Francisco
circa 1930: A cross roads in San Francisco. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

San Francisco
circa 1930: Market Street, San Francisco looking towards the Humboldt Bank building. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

From Central Park
circa 1933: Skyscrapers of Fifth Avenue seen through a summer house in Central Park. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Parking Spiral
circa 1933: Spiral ramp allowing easy access for cars to all levels of a car park, the Garage Littorio, Piazza Roma, Venice (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Roxy cinema (Radio City Music Hall) circa 1930
circa 1930: RKO Roxy cinema (Radio City Music Hall) part of the Rockefeller Centre, New York, viewed from 6th Avenue. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Concrete Waffle
circa 1933: New building at 120 Wall Street, New York with upper floors set back. The facade has the appearance of a giant waffle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Pedestrians
1930: Pedestrians crossing Great Windmill Street, Soho, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Night Fishermen
circa 1930: Fisherman in their boat silhouetted against a darkening sky. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cross Now
1930: Pedestrians waiting to cross the road in Piccadilly Circus, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

D Is For Donkey
circa 1930: Two Turkish peasants and their donkey stop in a street to learn their ABC from a poster on a wall. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Citroen Cars
circa 1930: Visitors to the Citroen stand at a motor exhibition. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Summer Affair
circa 1930: A sunbathing couple engrossed in each other. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Circus Elephants
circa 1930: Under the spotlight in a circus ring two elephants balance on their hind legs. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Rocket Power
circa 1930: Rocket cyclists pedalling away in a cloud of smoke. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

City Golf
circa 1930: Miniature golf courses in New York City on 50th Street next to Roxys theatre. A craze not approved of by car owners as it deprives them of parking space

Redwoods
circa 1930: A car dwarfed by giant redwood trees in Bull Creek Flat, northern California. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Give Me Your Lips
circa 1930: Fully dressed chimpanzees sit on chairs and kiss. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Shadow Wheel
circa 1930: A bicycle wheel throws its shadow on a pavement. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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