Name/Title
Original 5x7 Photo of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone (PSA DNA LOA)Entry/Object ID
HM008Description
Original Photo THOMAS EDISON, HENRY FORD & H. FIRESTONE
DESCRIPTION
THE BIG THREE !
Three of the most important figures of the Industrial Revolution are featured in this Vintage 1920's ORIGINAL Photograph: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone ! RARE 5" x 7
" period 1st generation silver-gelatin photograph shows the men in an automobile. Also shown is John Burroughs, the famous American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement.
Edison, Ford, and Firestone are generally considered the three leaders in American industry at the time by historians. They often worked and vacationed together. All three were part of a very exclusive group titled "The Millionaires' Club" (this was a true gentlemen's club where one would call another in the appropriate city and ask him to purchase a building or other items for them without so much as a handshake, merely on his word).
