First question. What cars were involved in the Wanderwell journeys? Other accounts have mentioned Fords. And then I have read of a Jordan Nell drove erroneously beginning in 1919, but more than likely after 1924. A Moon was driven for a short time in early 1921 in California. Also Nell drove an Auburn late in her vaudeville presentation career, around 1927.
The Hanson, was the topic of a Motor Age article published in October of 1919. It was custom designed by Walter Wanderwell. See below.
Taken from Motor Age, October 22, 1919, p. 23.
It was described as " Hanson six with a special built body....The car is driven by Walter Wanderwell, who with his wife and three other persons will tour the UnitedStates first and then ship to Europe covering France, Belgium, England, Germany, Austria, Poland, Italy, and then Asia.
The Special body resembles a boat, having no doors or running boards. It as been cut down to afford the best traveling means and the whole job uses a stock chassis. Canvas fenders are used in front and so built they can be detached in seconds. Gasoline is carried in the rear, with the filler neck of the tank extending through the body on the right side. Small steps are fastened to the frame and the low build of the body makes it an easy matter to get in and out.
To cut down wind resistance a simple top has been fitted and the windshield is a one-piece affair which can be set horizontal when desired. The seats are arranged that the backs fold down to provide sleeping quarters. Two extra tires are carried on the rear and a water bottle is slung on a hook on the right rear side. The car was built at the Hanson factory in Atlanta, Ga."[Note that the Hanson headquarters was Atlanta but the factory was in Detroit -- a common mistruth in above account!]
Below From: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_840399
This Hanson radiator emblem belonged to a Hanson automobile manufactured by the Hanson Motor Company of Atlanta, Georgia between 1918 and 1925. Hanson produced a variety of automobile body types with six-cylinder engines, and advertised their car as being “Tested and Proved in the South.”The emblem represents a boll of cotton, which was very much a cash crop in the State of Georgia at that time. During the time the Hanson was made, Georgia began suffering from an invasion of the boll weevil, an insect which could and did destroy a good portion of the cotton crop. The boll weevil reduced cotton production, and reduced the income of cotton farmers, which did not help the sale of Hansons. From the Simithsonian.
But then we have the Hanson depicted in a 1919 photo taken in Mexico. The problem, like a number of early photographs in the collection at the National Historical Automotive Collection in Detroit, is that the date is wrong. It is 1920. These were photographs in the possession of Aloha and thus were done before she became a part of the story. Rather, it is a part of Nell's story.
This Hanson is now fitted with steel wheels. It makes sense given how fragile spoked wheels were. When do Jordan cars come into play? And Fords? Other automobiles that enter the Wanderwell story are the Moon and much later, Nell's Auburn.
About the Hanson (from Wikipedia) --
In 1907, George Hanson opened a bike shop in Griffin, Georgia, and soon began selling Franklin motor cars. During the mid-teens, he came up with an idea to make a small, low-priced car for the South. With the help of Don Ferguson, Hanson tore apart a Packard touring car for ideas, and in February 1917 began plans to manufacture the first Hanson car at a factory in Detroit, Michigan although manufacturing was delayed due to the first World War. After the U.S. government released the factory from war production in June 1918, the first Hanson car was produced—a 5-passenger tourer with a Continental 7R six-cylinder engine in it.[2] "Tested and Proved in the South" was one of the company's slogans, along with "Made in Dixie" (even though the factory was in Detroit, the headquarters were in Atlanta[1]). In 1921, Hanson toyed with a torque converter but never made one. When the post war recession hit, Hanson was forced to slash prices. A Little Six was introduced at the bargain basement price of $995. In 1925, he closed the doors to his factory. A total of 1,800 cars are believed to have been made with the majority of them being sold in Atlanta and other parts of Georgia.
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