36 gelatin silver photographs, each captioned in ink on the image. Photographs are 8.4x13.5 cm (3¼x5¼"), glued to black leaves in flexible cloth album 13.5x18.5 cm (5¼x7¼").

Fascinating photographic record of an early road trip from Nebraska through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and into California. A typed slip affixed to front pastedowen reads "'A fine trip with many hard knocks,' From Wausa, Nebr. to Turlock, Cal." There were four vehicles in the caravan, traversing unpaved tracks through the largely undeveloped Southwest, an uncommon feat at the time. The photographs include views of Starvation Peak, N.M.; a New Mexican Village; Springerville, Arizona with the Reagan Hotel; camp near Ft. Apache, Arizona; a hospital at Dome City, Arizona; the Roosevelt Dam; a camp near San Diego, Cal.; etc.