Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford at Firestone Farm, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1918

THF124714 / Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford at Firestone Farm, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1918

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone went on several camping trips as "vagabonds," a group that also included Thomas Edison and naturalist John Burroughs. In August 1918, Ford met Firestone at his old homestead near Columbiana, Ohio, (now in Greenfield Village) before joining Edison and Burroughs in Pittsburgh. The foursome then traveled through Appalachian Mountains for the next couple weeks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1918

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.34.1918.164

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: 4.25 in
Width: 5.75 in

Keywords	United States, Ohio, Columbiana County Photographic prints Photographs Group portraits Farmhouses Original sites Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 Firestone Farm Firestone Farmhouse Vagabonds

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