ZUM4927688: May 03, 1954 - Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. thinks that being a multimillionaire does not count as a profession. The grandson of the American railway tycoon became a journalist. With film camera, audio recorder, and typewriter in hand he travels the world. 25,000,000 Americans read his tales three times a week in over 800 newspapers. He also appeared on tv in the production” Showa.” He is pictured here in Hamburg where he is collecting stories for his show. After Hamburg he will travel on to Bremen, Duesseldorf, Koeln, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, and Munich / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4927408: Apr. 29, 1954 - A Castle Is Demolished: A famous Loch Lomond (Scotland), landmark - Tullichewan Castle - was demolished on Monday. The castle was built 162 years ago. This year, the owner decided that? 500 rates and taxed were too high. On Monday, explosives ended the story Tullichewan Castle. Now, its 600-acre hillside site is to be excavated for deposits of sand / Bridgeman Images