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Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Vagabonds China

Written by
Ellice Engdahl
Published
11/26/2013
We've just digitized the early 20th century Tudor Rose china used by the "Vagabonds"—friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs—on their wilderness camping trips.

Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Vagabonds China

Written by
Ellice Engdahl
Published
11/26/2013

Friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs went on camping trips together for a number of years, calling themselves the Vagabonds. Their trips were quite luxurious, by camping standards, involving a sizable caravan of staff and equipment. Why eat off tinware, for example, when one could use china instead? The Henry Ford’s collection includes a selection of the early 20th century Tudor Rose china that these august figures used on their wilderness trips, including the bouillon cup shown here. View photos and artifacts related to the Vagabonds on our collections website.