This article was taken from our archives. It comes from the Spring 2012 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. In the advent of Bermuda tourism, the island was strategically promoted as the ideal playground for affluent (white) Americans, Part 1. Where would tourism be without Mark Twain? From his first visit in 1868 until his last departure in 1910, Twain endowed Bermuda with a trove of quotable quotes that have adorned travel guides and…
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Bermuda and Hollywood
On July 24, 1946, the film Strange Love, starring Kirk Douglas, premiered at box offices across the United States. During the making of the film, which grossed $3.25 million, Mrs. Thomas N. Dill of Bermuda travelled to California to visit her…
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June 1946
History was made on Sunday, May 12th, when Bermuda’s first radio station Z.M.B, was opened and gave a programme throughout the day. (more…)
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2 1/2 Hours N.Y- Bermuda
Some assemblymen began to view with alarm the large amount of money which has been spent at the marine airport on Darrell’s island after Pan-American Airways initiated a landplane service at the U.S. Army’s Kindley Field under a temporary arrangement.…
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May 1946
“We’re going to Somerset,” announced my three year old, “in a lovely motor car.” (more…)
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April 1946
In addition, the bill would ban the importation of secondhamd motor cars, nor would any auto-bicycles or automobiles be allowed on the public roads until 100 taxi-cabs have been licensed. (more…)
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