A Charming Scrapbook Documenting the Car-Buying Voyage of Albert Tyau from Honolulu to Detroit to Purchase a Plymouth Sedan in 1939.
VP: 1939. Scrapbook measuring 10 x 13 inches. Twenty three leaves, some detached, good overall with fine contents. Good. Item #List2449
A visually engaging and interesting scrapbook documenting a trip by a man from Honolulu named Albert Tyau to purchase a Plymouth Deluxe 4-Door Touring Sedan at the Chrysler factory in Detroit in 1939. Mr. Tyau meticulously kept the ephemera from his trip, including cruise ship menus, business cards, and the documents relating to the car purchase itself. As a group the scrapbook gives a visual history of 1939 commerce and maps the routes and networks that Mr. Tyau traveled, which included frequenting businesses in Chinatown in San Francisco. He continued his trip past Detroit all the way to Atlantic City and the World’s Fair, with a stop in the Senate and House of Representatives (where a pass shows he was the guest of J. Edgar Hoover), and also stopped in Montana and Wyoming on his way. A fun scrapbook with many visually engaging and colorful pieces that in its entirety composes an evocative travel narrative.
Price: $600.00
Status: On Hold