National Air and Space Museum Archives

Marian Stewart Honeyman Scrapbook

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0851
Creators:
Honeyman, Marian Stewart
Dates:
1914-1964
bulk 1914
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.36 Cubic feet
1 flatbox
Repository:
This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting Marian Stewart Honeyman's flight with St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 19, 1914.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a clothbound scrapbook, with leather spine, sized 15-3/8 x 11-5/8 inches. On the spine, embossed in gold, "My First Flight - Marian Stewart Honeyman - 1914." The scrapbook contains eleven pages, seven of which contain material on one side. The contents include seven black and white photographs of various sizes, with captions, and three newspaper clippings regarding the flight.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line began the first scheduled passenger service on January 1, 1914 with pilot Antony H. "Tony" Jannus flying a Benoist Type XIV. Marian Stewart, daughter of John K. Stewart, founder and President of Stewart Manufacturing Company and Stewart-Warner Speedometer Company, took a flight on January 19, 1914 with Jannus, along with her mother Mrs. J. K. Stewart and a Mrs. G. E. Baxter. As of August 1976, Mrs. Marian Stewart Honeyman was the oldest living female commercial flight passenger in the United States.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Marian Stewart Honeyman, Gift, 1976, NASM.XXXX.0851.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Jessamyn Lloyd in 2008, encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd in 2020.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Marian Stewart Honeyman Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0851 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benoist Type XIV Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Jannus, Antony H. "Tony" Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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