The greatest historical repository at Google Books might be the complete run of Life magazines. In olden times you had to go to the public library, request a volume, schlep it over to a carrell and physically turn the pages. We're not at the point where you can scroll through the scans with the power of your mind, but give it a few years.
Anyway: in a 1960 issue I found a story on an Italian cruise ship, the Leonardo Da Vinci. It was a replacement for the Andrea Doria, which smacked into the Stockholm in 1956 and sunk after eleven hours. The Da Vinci was decorated in the latest style, and the result was the world's most perfect example of "Mad Men at Sea."
(Photo from this Squidoo page, where you'll find a few more.) (I don't get Squidoo, at all.)
A film was made about the crossing on the ship. The world a half-century ago, before planes changed everything for good.
Speaking of things changing: about two minutes in you realize that Mom has put her three young sons on a ship bound for Europe, then left the ship. Have a great trip! Say hello to Grandma for me! Bonus fun fact: the Da Vinci was built so they could swap out the engines . . . and install a nuclear reactor. If that doesn't say 1960, nothing does.
So they don't take American Express, I guess. Before you fulminate at airlines for nickle-and-diming everyone, take a look at this WSJ chart. It shows the breakdown for a plane with 100 passengers, and which passengers represent profit. Did I say passengers, plural? Passenger. And he has to sit by the toilets.
TECH Twitter was just RUINED by Twitter. They're changing the way 3rd party apps can interact with the service, because A) it's free, B) they own it, C) you don't, D) See "B", and E) they might want to make some money. Also, B and D. It might put some serious kibosh on scrapers like Flipboard, which is one of those really cool things you can't stop using until something else comes along.
