Henry Ford, Warren Harding and Others Dining on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, 1921

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Artifact Overview

Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs, calling themselves the Vagabonds, embarked on a series of camping trips. This image, from 1921, shows the Vagabonds (minus Burroughs, who had died earlier in the year) dining with family and friends near Hagerstown, Maryland. One of their friends at the table is President Warren G. Harding.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

24 July 1921

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.34.1921.11

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 in
Width: 6.25 in