Thomas Sato Carrying a Camera on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, 1918
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Thomas Sato carries a camera during the 1918 camping trip through the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Mountains by the "Vagabonds" -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs. Sato was Ford's personal chef, and his elaborate meals were popular with the campers. He prepared chicken, beef, pies, cookies, and more with a camp truck converted into a mobile kitchen.
Thomas Sato carries a camera during the 1918 camping trip through the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Mountains by the "Vagabonds" -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs. Sato was Ford's personal chef, and his elaborate meals were popular with the campers. He prepared chicken, beef, pies, cookies, and more with a camp truck converted into a mobile kitchen.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1918
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.34.1918.127
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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