Guide to the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, 1958Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook C0253Published by George Mason University Libraries Contact Information:Fenwick Library (2FL) George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444 USA Phone: (703) 993-2220 Fax: (703) 993-8911 Email: speccoll@gmu.edu URL: http://scrc.gmu.edu
Historical InformationCar 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. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThis 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." The scrapbook ranges chronologically from October 18 to November 4, 1958. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThis is a single item collection. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThere are no access restrictions. Use RestrictionsThere 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 Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Return to the Table of Contents Index Terms
Persons:Stewart, James, 1908-1997--Photographs.
Geographical Names:Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.
Subjects:Transportation, Automotive--United States.
Document Types:Scrapbooks.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationVacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, C0253, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Acquisition InformationPurchased by George Mason University Libraries before 2008. Processing InformationProcessing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in February 2020. |