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- 1949 Kaiser Catalog, "Cars that Lead a Double Life" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- 1949
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1949 Kaiser Catalog, "Cars that Lead a Double Life"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- "Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923 - 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.
- 1923
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"Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923
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.
- "Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923 - 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.
- 1923
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"Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923
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.
- "Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923 - 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.
- 1923
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"Vagabonds" Camp Site, 1923
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.
- "Vagabonds" Dining Outdoors on a Camping Trip, 1923 - Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs -- the self-styled Vagabonds -- embarked on a series of camping excursions. These Vagabonds reveled in camping, hiking, sightseeing and just being in each other's company. In 1923, the Vagabonds (minus Burroughs who had died in 1921) and their wives visited Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- December 10, 1931
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"Vagabonds" Dining Outdoors on a Camping Trip, 1923
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs -- the self-styled Vagabonds -- embarked on a series of camping excursions. These Vagabonds reveled in camping, hiking, sightseeing and just being in each other's company. In 1923, the Vagabonds (minus Burroughs who had died in 1921) and their wives visited Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Caravan of Trucks and Automobiles, 1921 - Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This photograph shows the Vagabonds' automotive camping caravan in 1921.
- 1921
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The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Caravan of Trucks and Automobiles, 1921
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This photograph shows the Vagabonds' automotive camping caravan in 1921.
- "Vagabonds" Camp Site and Camping Truck, 1919 - Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This photograph shows a line of tents and one of the camping trucks during their 1919 trip.
- 1919
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"Vagabonds" Camp Site and Camping Truck, 1919
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This photograph shows a line of tents and one of the camping trucks during their 1919 trip.
- Luncheon Plate in Tudor Rose Pattern, 1912-1919 - Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips between 1916 and 1924. These self-proclaimed Vagabonds loved to explore nature and the pre-industrial landscape, but they also camped in style. This group of well-to-do adventurers brought along service staff and all needed amenities including a set of durable, Art and Crafts-patterned china.
- 1912-1919
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Luncheon Plate in Tudor Rose Pattern, 1912-1919
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips between 1916 and 1924. These self-proclaimed Vagabonds loved to explore nature and the pre-industrial landscape, but they also camped in style. This group of well-to-do adventurers brought along service staff and all needed amenities including a set of durable, Art and Crafts-patterned china.
- Luncheon Plate in Tudor Rose Pattern, 1912-1919 - Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips between 1916 and 1924. These self-proclaimed Vagabonds loved to explore nature and the pre-industrial landscape, but they also camped in style. This group of well-to-do adventurers brought along service staff and all needed amenities including a set of durable, Art and Crafts-patterned china.
- 1912-1919
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Luncheon Plate in Tudor Rose Pattern, 1912-1919
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips between 1916 and 1924. These self-proclaimed Vagabonds loved to explore nature and the pre-industrial landscape, but they also camped in style. This group of well-to-do adventurers brought along service staff and all needed amenities including a set of durable, Art and Crafts-patterned china.
- Henry Ford on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, 1919 - Calling themselves the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs made yearly camping trips between 1916 and 1924. This photograph of Henry Ford is from their 1919 excursion, when the friends visited New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The next year, their wives would join, rendering the trips decidedly more formal and less adventurous.
- 1919
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Henry Ford on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, 1919
Calling themselves the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs made yearly camping trips between 1916 and 1924. This photograph of Henry Ford is from their 1919 excursion, when the friends visited New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The next year, their wives would join, rendering the trips decidedly more formal and less adventurous.