The "Vagabonds" Resting at Their Campsite, August 21, 1918
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Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. These Vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside -- or just to relax and nap under a tree.
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. These Vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside -- or just to relax and nap under a tree.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
21 August 1918
Keywords
United States, West Virginia, Parsons
Camp sites (Recreation spaces)
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1028
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: 5.25 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
typed on back of image: RESTING AFTER LUNCH OUT OF KEYSERS RIDGE. / OUT OF PARSONS, W. VA. WED. AUGUST 21, 1918 / handwritten on back of image: could not locate negative #16 / O-4876
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