"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
Creators
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
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