The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Service Crew Unloading Trucks, Michigan, 1923
THF207331 / The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Service Crew Unloading Trucks, Michigan, 1923
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Artifact Overview
The Vagabonds (which, by 1923, included Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone) camped in a style appropriate to wealthy gentlemen. Numerous support staff drove and maintained passenger cars and equipment trucks, set up and took down camp, and did the cooking. This photograph was taken on a trip through Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.34.1923.153
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: 5 in
Width: 7.25 in
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