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The "Vagabonds" Eating a Meal during a Camping Trip, 1918

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Artifact Overview

Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs eat breakfast underneath a tent at Camp Cheat, near Bolar Springs, Virginia, in 1918. The group, calling themselves Vagabonds, took several camping trips together throughout the eastern United States.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1918

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.34.1918.32

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: 3.75 in
Width: 6 in

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