Support Vehicles and Service Crew on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, L'Anse, Michigan, 1923
THF122576 / Support Vehicles and Service Crew on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, L'Anse, Michigan, 1923
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Artifact Overview
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This photograph shows the Vagabonds' automotive camping caravan in 1923.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
24 August 1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.5406
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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