1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE GROOM DETAILING AN EPIC 5100 MILE HONEYMOON TRIP FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN

On offer is a super manuscript travel diary detailing the 1925 marriage of Ward L. Bertholf to Mary and their subsequent honeymoon. Ward does an excellent job highlighting the places they stayed, the route they took and all points of interest. They had numerous visits and covered a hard-to-imagine 5100 miles from Binghampton in upstate New York to Niagara Falls through the mid-west, the mountains, Yellowstone and finally to Los Angeles. Collectors and historians of early automobile travel will be delighted that Ward recorded mileage, oil changes, tire changes etc. He is a diligent diarist with notes throughout August 31st to the end of September. Overall G+.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; BINGHAMPTON, MUSIC. MUSICIANS, ROARING TWENTIES, ROARING 20S, FLAPPER ERA, DEPRESSION, WORLD WAR II, UPSTATE NEW YORK, NY, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, AMERICANA, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, NEW YORK, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel,