A Weekend with the Edison-Ford-Firestone Camping Party / Edsel Ford album, 1921.

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A Weekend with the Edison-Ford-Firestone Camping Party / Edsel Ford album, 1921.

The album documenting the 1921 camping trip is comprised of black and white photographs in two sizes: 11 in. x 11 in. and 7 in. x 5 in. Each of the smaller images are captioned. The photographs depict campsites and camp activities, including horseback riding, target shooting, cooking, meals shared at a large table, log splitting, musical diversions, reading, relaxing, etc. This album is nearly identical to a Henry Ford album of same main title; both were originally gifts from Harvey Firestone.

98 photographs (1 album)

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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