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Summary

This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting Marian Stewart Honeyman's flight with St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 19, 1914.

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.

Identifier

NASM.XXXX.0851

Creator

Honeyman, Marian Stewart

Date

1914-1964

bulk 1914

Provenance

Marian Stewart Honeyman, Gift, 1976, NASM.XXXX.0851.

Extent

0.36 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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 note

Collection is in original order.

Rights

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

Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Marian Stewart Honeyman Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0851 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

Benoist Type XIV

Aeronautics

Aeronautics, Commercial

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks