Miss Helen's 1936 Road Trip

 Being a fan of travel ephemera, TSG was pretty excited to see this vintage Conoco "TourAide" guide at our local used book store. A competitor/alternative to AAA's TripTiks, TourAides came in a larger, spiral bound format with photos and descriptive essays. The "Prepared Especially for" imprint on the front cover was a nice touch.

 The only thing we could find online about "Helen Georrgia" was a 1939 headstone listed at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma -- a fairly likely match considering the Bay Area origination of the trip. Of course there's no way of knowing how Miss Helen's trip to Atlanta went, but we hope she enjoyed her journey.

We had a heck of a time matching the exposure/colors on all the pages, so please excuse the inconsistencies. And the Dallas map didn't get rotated to portrait mode...drat! Oh well, consider it an imperfection made on purpose like the ones in Persian rugs.

 

NOTE: the individual pages can be inspected here: 1936 Conoco Touraide Guide