Even better than that web site is the recent book 20th century travel : 100 years of globe-trotting ads (Taschen, 2010). Beautifully reproduced travel posters from the whole century, with many for air travel, but also lots of nostalgic scenes of rail travel.

I think air travel is a victim of its success. When I first started flying, air travel was much more expensive than now and slower, but was an exciting and pleasurable experience. Today, it's cheaper and the planes are faster (though maybe the trip isn't much shorter when you factor in how much longer security takes), but the experience is so humiliating and unpleasant that I'm getting close to deciding it's just not worth it.

"Children, did you know that way back when, when you wanted to take an airplane somewhere, you went to the airport, walked out onto the tarmac, and climbed up some stairs on to the airplane ...?" <wide-eyed disbelief smiley icon>