Jonathan and Viola Stimson Automobile Trip Collection
name: label: Inventor
content: Stimson, Jonathan Cass, 1897-1951
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles
label: Topic
content: Automobile travel -- 1920-1930
creator: label: Inventor
content: Stimson, Jonathan Cass, 1897-1951
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content: Jonathan and Viola Stimson Automobile Trip Collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1657
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Journal
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Journal
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of a typewritten journal and photographs documenting Jonathan Cass Stimson, the founder and head of the Stimson Reflector Company, and Viola Emma Stimson's honeymoon automobile trip around the United States (as well as Alberta and British Columbia, Canada), between November 1929 and November 1930. Also included is a copy of the 1929 Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States, which was used on the trip.