Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Frank Sanborn at Thoreau's Grave, Concord, Massachusetts, September 1913

Summary

In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.

In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1913

Subject Date

September 1913

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.349

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: 3.5 in

Width: 5.75 in

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