PowerPoint Show by Andrew

♫ Turn on Speakers

They were the self-proclaimed 'Vagabonds' who explored the United States in Ford's new automobiles more than a century ago.  

In 1914, Thomas Edison, who invented the electric light-bulb, and his good friend Henry Ford kicked off a 10-year exploration of the country. 

Their adventures were widely considered the beginning of an unprecedented era of recreational travel that transformed America, including a 1918 trip shared with nature writer John Burroughs and tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone. 

John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone - 1916

Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, John Burroughs and Harvey Firestone - 1918

Edison, Burroughs, Ford and Firestone - 1918

Henry Ford drinking a cup of water - 1918

Henry Ford lacing his boots - 1919

Clara Ford - 1921

Henry and son Edsel Ford - 1921

Henry and Edsel Ford - 1921

Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Harding - 1921

Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, President Warren Harding, and Harvey Firestone on a Vagabonds Camping Trip - 1921

Bishop Anderson, Pres. Harding, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford, 1921

Thomas Edison relaxing - 1921

Camping - 1921

Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison - 1923

Thomas Edison and Henry Ford - 1923

Thomas Edison - 1923

Harvey Firestone and Thomas Edison examining a new inner-tube - 1924

President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone in Fort Myers, Florida - 1928

Iron Mountain, Michigan - 1929