Old Pic. H.F. Camping Trip

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 07:32 pm:

A friend sent this today. 1921. Ford, Edison, Pres. Warren Harding & Firestone. Can't you just see Warren slipping behind a tree for a little snort?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Mikeska, Denver CO on Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 07:43 pm:

Actually Warren would have slipped behind a tree for a little sport!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Trevan - Australia on Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 08:35 pm:

I don't feel as bad now as i can see HENRY FORD also had a hearing problem


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 06:57 am:

Ford's "camping trips" included armies of servants, truckloads of food and stoves. Here is a picture of a typical luncheon at the Ford campground in Maryland:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 07:13 am:

Ah yes, roughing it, one with nature. Looks a lot like our "camping" trips.

Doesn't look like Model Ts in the background.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 10:03 am:

Harding's in that shot too. Same trip? Notice the table. The center section revolves so pass the ketchup means spin the bottle.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 10:17 am:

That's how I dress when I go camping.... :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 10:50 am:

Clothing and class in history: Distinctions of economic class are quite evident in old pictures, and I think many of us remember when those differences still existed. Think of Stan and Ollie going about a carpentry job wearing ties. Coming from a background of Kansas farmers, I never saw a tie on my dad except for church. Remember Dick and Jane? I considered them an extremely weird family because Father wore a tie and a sweater when he painted the window frames. He even wore a business suit on a picnic. An extreme example of these distinctions was one of my mom's uncles who aspired to the plutocracy. He wore his Sunday clothes under his overalls when working out in the fields, and if he saw a buggy coming down the road he would take off the overalls so people would see him in his fancy duds.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Susanne on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:34 am:

We have numerous photos at work taken in the early-mid 30's of men working on road graders, tractors, slinging shovels, etc. in white shirts, ties, and hats. I suspect part of it was they were being photographed (tho they were obviously working, not posing), but part of it was they had a job (and a likely decent paying one)back when a lot of folk didn't. Lotsa early highway pictures where the menfolk are wearing the same gear... doing the same hard work. At least they;re not sledgehammering the rock into roadbed gravel! (That was a *different* suit...)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:37 am:

Here's a picture of my two uncles on a 5 mile hike about 1920.
This one is of my grandfather on a camping trip.

It was very common for men to wear ties on less formal occasions.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:07 pm:

It's easy to see the class of my family. This was my Dad's mother with some of her 13 children and my two oldest brothers in Nebraska, 1926.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Matthew Atchinson on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:42 pm:

It's possible that the first photo was taken at (I believe his name was) John Burroughs, the conservationists cabin, outside of Roxbury NY. Ford, Firestone, Edison and him used to take an annual camping trip out there together. A buddy of mine who has a T told me his great grandfather ran the gas station there where they got sandwiches and gas. I found this pretty neat, because it's pretty close to where I live.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Page on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 03:59 pm:

Matthew,

John Burroughs passed away on 29th March 1921. The 1921 Camping trip was from July 21st to August 3rd. President Harding joined the group on the 23rd of July staying overnight and leaving on the 24th. By all accounts there was quite an entourage. An excellent account of all the camping trips can be found in the book " There To Breathe The Beauty " by Norman Brauer.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 05:20 pm:

Ricks, 13 children? No TV, no radio, no reading after dark. No wonder.


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