Processed by
Amy C. Belcher
12 August 2005
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 Manuscript Folder, 1 Photograph Folder |
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COLLECTION |
1933 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Blanche Jackson, Indianapolis, IN, 9 April 2003 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
2003.0336 |
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NOTES: |
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In 1933, Florence Hallberg, her cousin Andrew and his mother, her Aunt Annie, took off from northern Indiana on a trip to the West Coast. The reason that Florence accompanied her cousin and aunt on this trip was to give her Aunt Annie some female companionship on the long journey. Aunt Annie was 75 at the time of this cross country trip. The trio set out on 2 October 1933 in an automobile. They made the whole trip in that car with only a few problems throughout the trip reported by Florence in her diary, mainly two flat tires happening a day apart.
Sources:
Information for this sketch was taken from the diary.
This collection contains one photograph and one diary written by Florence Hallberg of Hammond, Indiana. It was written during her trip west with her Aunt Annie of La Porte County, and Andrew McLellan, Aunt Annie’s son. She visited all throughout the west, discussing cities she saw in Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and of course back in Indiana. A number of the entries give great detail; some of these include information about visiting Hollywood, the battleship “Arizona,” and the Grand Canyon. The trip lasted from October 2, 1933 until November 13, 1933.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Florence Hallberg Diary, 1933 |
Folder 1 |
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Florence Hallberg at the Grand Canyon , 1933 |
Visual Collections: |
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