Scrapbook pages from an America long ago

I haven't gone into the 1930s scrapbook in a while, but I wanted to do something to commemorate this special day. I decided there must be something relevant in that scrapbook Johnny sent me a while ago, the one that was put together a few years after America's 150th. Most of the scrapbook is focused on family members or popular culture (how American!) but I did find a page that fit close enough. 

This page was actually detached and loose, I'm not sure why. It seems to be from 1935, a few years later than the pages I've shown previously.

 Not just America, but America in color!

Well, colorized, anyway. I'm not sure tanks had pink treads in the 1930s. I guess that was AI coloring 90 years ago. This color spread from the Sunday Mirror shows how America was preparing for the "next war", which was only a few years away. (Note that these were pasted over some ledger entries from 1927). It's easy to forget now, in the relatively peaceful 21st Century, how much an upcoming "next war" seemed inevitable for the generations coming after the two World Wars.

A little more variety, but still plenty of Americana, on this side. Starting off with more tanks on top, and then a clipping from the February 14, 1935 Jacksonville Journal - Last Photo of the Navy's Ill-Fated Dirigible. The USS Macon was one of two rigid airships that the US Navy launched in 1933. The USS Akron crashed soon after, killing 73. The Macon lasted longer, though weather conditions made operating the massive, delicate vehicle difficult. It was based in Sunnyvale, CA, but was stationed for a while in Opa-Locka, FL in 1934, perhaps explaining why it was of interest to the scrapbooker. It returned to Sunnyvale later in 1934 and crashed off Monterey Bay in 1935, this time losing only two men, largely due to the use of life jackets after the first disaster. 

Finally, some magazine cutouts, or maybe some kind of stamps, showing images of American vacation spots, mostly in the West. It's a nice example of how much our country has expanded since the initial vision 250 years ago.