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- Man and Woman Wearing Motoring Clothing, Possibly for Motorcycle Riding, circa 1915 -
- circa 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Man and Woman Wearing Motoring Clothing, Possibly for Motorcycle Riding, circa 1915
- World War II Driver-W Badge, 1942-1945 - Beginning in July 1942, Driver and Mechanic badges were given to soldiers who passed a qualification test. The "Driver - W" on the attached bar signifies the driver could operate a wheeled vehicle. Other driver qualifications could be secured for tracked vehicles, amphibious vehicles, and motorcycles.
- 1942-1945
- Collections - Artifact
World War II Driver-W Badge, 1942-1945
Beginning in July 1942, Driver and Mechanic badges were given to soldiers who passed a qualification test. The "Driver - W" on the attached bar signifies the driver could operate a wheeled vehicle. Other driver qualifications could be secured for tracked vehicles, amphibious vehicles, and motorcycles.
- Lunch Break for the Service Crew on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, Gap Mills, West Virginia, 1918 - Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This candid photograph shows the staff relaxing and eating lunch by a creek in West Virginia.
- August 24, 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Lunch Break for the Service Crew on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, Gap Mills, West Virginia, 1918
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. This candid photograph shows the staff relaxing and eating lunch by a creek in West Virginia.
- Service Crew Members Harry Linden, R. V. Kline, and Thomas Sato on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, Tennessee, 1918 - Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on many camping trips between 1916 and 1924. They called themselves the Vagabonds, yet they brought along numerous support staff to maintain camp. Pictured here, crew members Harry Linden, R.V. Kline, and Thomas Sato snack on watermelon given to the camping party by local residents in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
- August 27, 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Service Crew Members Harry Linden, R. V. Kline, and Thomas Sato on a "Vagabonds" Camping Trip, Tennessee, 1918
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs embarked on many camping trips between 1916 and 1924. They called themselves the Vagabonds, yet they brought along numerous support staff to maintain camp. Pictured here, crew members Harry Linden, R.V. Kline, and Thomas Sato snack on watermelon given to the camping party by local residents in Jonesborough, Tennessee.