Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook documents an unidentified family's road trip from Arlington, Virginia through states in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The states visited included New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The album largely consists of black and white photographic prints, but there are also tourist brochures from historic sites as well as a hand-drawn map on the front of the scrapbook. Some photos from after the road trip are also included. Perhaps the most notable section of the scrapbook contains photographs taken in early November (after the road trip) of Jimmy Stewart at the southwest waterfront in Washington, D.C., where he was filming "The FBI Story."
Dates
- 1958
Creator
- George Mason University. Libraries (Organization)
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Historical Information
Car travel became increasingly popular in the United States in the 1950s; with the advent of the interstate highway system in 1956, interstate car travel started to become even more efficient. Car manufacturers encouraged sightseeing and road trips as well. Chevrolets (the brand of car that the family who created this scrapbook drove) had a prominent place in American culture of the time. As her biography.com entry notes, popular singer Dinah Shore encouraged people to "See the USA in your Chevrolet" on the "Dinah Shore Chevy Show" from 1956 to the early 1960s.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Scrapbook that documents a family's roadtrip from Arlington, VA through New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland in 1958, as well as Washington, DC post-roadtrip.
Arrangement
The scrapbook is arranged chronologically from October 18th to November 4, 1958.
Acquisition Information
Purchased by George Mason University Libraries before 2008.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015.
- Scrapbooks. Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Stewart, James, 1908-1997
- Transportation -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, 1958
- Subtitle
- Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Beckman
- Date
- April 9, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Repository
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