The "Vagabonds" Making a Stop near Green Island, New York, 1919
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Known as the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on numerous camping trips between 1916 and 1924. While they enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature, the Vagabonds often explored business interests too. In 1919 the group camped in Green Island, New York, where they visited the site for a new factory that Ford planned to build.
Known as the Vagabonds, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on numerous camping trips between 1916 and 1924. While they enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature, the Vagabonds often explored business interests too. In 1919 the group camped in Green Island, New York, where they visited the site for a new factory that Ford planned to build.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 August 1919
Creators
Keywords
United States, New York, Green Island
Firestone, Harvey S., 1898-1973
Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1031
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
Typewritten on accompanying sheet: . . . FORD'S CAMPING PARTY OF FAMOUS MEN. Henry Ford's Camping Party at Green Island, Site of Ford's New Tractor Plant--Left to right: H. S. Firestone, Jr., H. S. Firestone, Thomas A. Edison, John Burroughs, Mayor James R. Watt of Albany, Henry Ford, Chauncey D. Hakes and [E.G. Kingsford]--In Rear Is Camp Outfit--"________" At Left Made from Ford Car--Sleeping Car at Right Is Transformed Cadillac--Part Uses Two Big Touring Cars. . . .
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