"Vagabonds" and Others on a Camping Trip, Lead Mine, West Virginia, 1918

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Artifact Overview

Between 1916 and 1924, Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone made a series of camping trip. On these trips they communed with nature, explored their personal interests, and acted like boys again. They called themselves Vagabonds. Here they pose with two other members of their camping party on a waterwheel at old Evans Mill near Lead Mine, West Virginia.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.34.1918.25

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: 7.5 in