"In Nature's Laboratory : Commemorating Our Vacation Trip of 1916, August 28th to September 9th"

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Artifact Overview

The Vagabonds -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs -- enjoyed their annual camping trips taken from 1916 to 1924. Burroughs chronicled the group's 1916 journey in the elaborate scrapbook In Nature's Laboratory. Burroughs, Edison, and Firestone traveled through the Adirondack Mountains and Vermont. Ford couldn't make the trip that year.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Book

Subject Date

28 August 1916-09 September 1916

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

32.1624.1

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)
Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 12 in
Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

Signed: Thos. A. Edison, John Burroughs, H. S. Firestone