"Rip out that table, and put in three more seats!"

I'm going through some 1958 Holiday magazines, and they are a very interesting time capsule. If you're a fan of Mad Men, there are some Hilton Hotel ads featuring the words of Conrad Hilton. Hilton made a guest appearance this past season, as sort of a mentor to Don Draper. Keeping with the Mad Men atmosphere, lots of liquor ads.

Also saw a few ads announcing new hotels in Cuba. Circumstances would change drastically there the following year. My first love, ocean liner travel, was well represented.

This was also the dawn of the jet age. Propeller planes were quickly being replaced by DC-8's, and 707's. But it wasn't the airlines touting these new marvels, it was McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing, among others.

They're a hoot to look at because it's impossible to imagine planes to be anything else but the "cattle carriers" they are today. Here's a portion of a 707 ad ...

Seriously, room to play bridge? And if you'll notice a copy of Life, Time, and the Saturday Evening Post just right of center, none of those crap in-house magazines. Also mentioned are two kitchens! Two!

In any event, what the hell we did do to have to fly the way we do now? Don't answer that.