Cooking Over a Campfire in the Missouri Ozarks, 1923
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Affordable cars promised freedom for average Americans. This couple escaped to the Ozarks in their Model T to enjoy the country. The caption of this 1923 photograph commented on the "Thousands of tourists, [who] now motor through these hills."
Affordable cars promised freedom for average Americans. This couple escaped to the Ozarks in their Model T to enjoy the country. The caption of this 1923 photograph commented on the "Thousands of tourists, [who] now motor through these hills."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1922-1923
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.98.154
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford R. Bryan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
Typed on sheet adhered to bottom of image: Modern recreational life in the Rip Van Winkled (sic) Ozarks. Thousands / of tourists now motor through these hills.
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