"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
Collection Title
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
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