Harvey Firestone Visiting Blue Ridge Tire & Rubber Co. during a Vagabonds Camping Trip, Roanoke, Virginia, 1918
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Known as the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on numerous camping trips between 1916 and 1924. While they all enjoyed the peace and quiet of the outdoors, some occasionally longed for finer amenities. During a 1918 trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains, Firestone visited one of his stores in Roanoke, Virginia, to ask about the local hotel accommodations.
Known as the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on numerous camping trips between 1916 and 1924. While they all enjoyed the peace and quiet of the outdoors, some occasionally longed for finer amenities. During a 1918 trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains, Firestone visited one of his stores in Roanoke, Virginia, to ask about the local hotel accommodations.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1918
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.34.1918.65
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 in
Width: 7.5 in
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