The "Vagabonds" Signing Ford Motor Company's Green Island Plant Cornerstone, 1919
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Artifact Overview
Embarking on a series of camping trips together between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs became known as the Vagabonds. In 1919 the group camped in Green Island, New York, where they carved their initials -- B, E, F, F -- into the cornerstone for a new factory that Ford planned to build in the town.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 August 1919
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.70982
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 11.25 in
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