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President Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone in Fort Myers, Florida, 1929
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department1929-02-11
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Four celebrities - politician Herbert Hoover, industrialist Henry Ford, inventor Thomas A. Edison, and businessman Harvey S. Firestone - relaxed together in Fort Myers, Florida in February of 1929. The old friends had good cause for a reunion -- Edison was celebrating his 82nd birthday and Hoover had just been elected President of the United States.
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- Title: President Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone in Fort Myers, Florida, 1929
- Creator: Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
- Date: 1929-02-11
- Location: United States, Florida, Fort Myers
- Subject Keywords: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Vagabonds, United States presidents, Vacations, Photographic prints, Photographs, Signatures (Names), Group portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.188.899
- Image ID: THF122607
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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