Guide to the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, 1958 Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook C0253

Guide to the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, 1958

Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook
C0253


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April 9, 2015

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Beckman

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives.
Collection Number
C0253
Title
Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook 1958
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/chevroletscrapbook.html
Physical Characteristics
0.25 linear feet (1 scrapbook)
Creator
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives.
Language
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.

Administrative Information

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.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, C0253, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

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.


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.

Scope and Content

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."

Arrangement

The scrapbook is arranged chronologically from October 18 to November 4, 1958.

Index Terms

    Persons:

  • Stewart, James, 1908-1997--Photographs.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.
  • Subjects:

  • Transportation, Automotive--United States.
  • Document Types:

  • Scrapbooks.

Contents List

  • text Box: 1
    Scrapbook,
    1958