Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, 1921 Camping Trip
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Calling themselves the Vagabonds, industrialists Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs, took annual camping trips between 1916 and 1924. In 1921, the group received a visit from President Warren Harding while camping in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Sometime during that trip, Ford and Edison sat down for this chat.
Calling themselves the Vagabonds, industrialists Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs, took annual camping trips between 1916 and 1924. In 1921, the group received a visit from President Warren Harding while camping in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Sometime during that trip, Ford and Edison sat down for this chat.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1921
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.34.1921.177
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.75 in
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