"Vagabonds" Camping Party Leaving their Camp Site, August 1919
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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. These vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside. Ford, at times however, could not pass up greeting local citizens who came out to meet them.
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. These vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside. Ford, at times however, could not pass up greeting local citizens who came out to meet them.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
August 1919
Keywords
United States, New York, Green Island
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1033
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: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
typed sheet of paper adhered on back of image reads: Credit Warning over / photo by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. / HENRY FORD'S CAMPING PARTY LEAVING IN HIS BIG SIMPLEX. / Ford's Camping Party Leaving Green Island, Site of Ford's New / Tractor Plant During Their Auto Camping Trip--Ford Has / a Big Simplex--Thomas Edison Is in Front, Ford Is Shaking Hands in Back of Car. / 8/5/19 / 264420 PHOTO OF --FORD'S CAMPING PARTY LEAVING./ Photo verified and found correct by CRA / To avoid mistake no. on caption must agree with no on photo. blue stamp reads on back of image reads: NOTICE: / If this picture is accepted for / your publication, it is for your / use only and the following credit / must be printed underneath each / reproduction. PHOTOGRAPH BY / UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. / NOT TO BE SYNDICATED / FOR ADVERTISING / PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.
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