Some of these old airplanes were quite large.  The  Latécoère 521 and 522 are two examples.  They visited Port Washington and Walter had his camera ready.

This is the 521.  From Wikipedia:  “The Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris", was a French six-engined flying boat, and one of the first large trans-Atlantic passenger aircraft. Two of the engines were mounted as tandem pairs behind the inner front engines, facing backward.”

The plane made four flights to New York between May and July, 1939.  Check out this Youtube video:Latécoère 521

The above photo shows the rearward-facing engine.  From Wikipedia:  “The aircraft could transport 72 passengers in a great comfort. On the lower level there was a salon with 20 armchairs and tables, six deluxe double cabins, each with its own bathroom, seating for a further 22 passengers, a kitchen, a bar and a baggage hold. The upper level had seating for 18 passengers, a storage compartment and an office for the three flight engineers.”

The 522.

Historic information from Wikipedia:  “On the outbreak of World War II the Laté 521 was attached to the French Navy E.6 flotilla, based in Port-Lyautey, Morocco, and was used to patrol the North Atlantic. After the armistice in June 1940 (my note: the June, 1940 armistice was the surrender of France to Germany in World War 2) it flew to Berre, near Marseilles, where it was finally wrecked by the retreating Germans in August 1944. The Laté 521 was the basis of the single Laté 522 "Ville de Saint Pierre" civil airliner, and the three Laté 523 navalized variants.