Attention: American History Buffs

[dasher]

To be perfectly honest - I recognized nobody in this rare, old photo.
Help me out - who are these well known icons?
My money is on Weeze.

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[LennG]

 That's Drake, Weeze, Whales and I beleive slg at the end.

At least in a couple of years it will be. 

[weeze]

tom edison?

[dasher]

Well, that confirms Len is not in the buff.  My money still on Weeze to know at least  President Harding.

[dasher]

Wow! Notice the time of our posts- almost exact. Yes sir, Weeze, I KNEW you would come through- knowing your propensity for reading and history. Thomas Edison is indeed the second to the left.

[ps11yat14]

Henry Ford on the left.

[dasher]

Yes! ps11yat14  is on the money. Henry Ford to the far left.
Now we've gotten Henry, Thomas, and I gave up President Harding.
That leaves the man to the far right.
Clue- Henry and the man in question complement each other.
Who is he?

[drakew]

"Not rare, old maybe, I've seen this several times before...."

[Iamboo]

Harvey Firestone is on the right?

[slg11]

First , how do you open up the pics? I cant open them. Second, it sounds like the famous photo of the three magnates of industry taken in Fort Myers.

[dasher]

Iamboo, right on! Harvey Firestone is on the right. The picture was taken 1n 1921, where I don't know.
slg11- You'll have to ask that old guru Weeze for help. All kidding aside, It should have opened automatically and been shown at the bottom of my original post.
dasher

[dasher]

Here is a new one. I'll bet Len gets this one before Weeze.

[weeze]

a.e. and the tramp

[babywhales]

Henry, thomas, harding and firestone were the self proclaimed “The Vagabonds”. 

They regularly took a summer road trip or "gypsy" trips as they referred to them, camping at various spots through our great country.  Edison said it was to get out to natures think tank and stimulate ideas, discuss current events, politics, etc....

Others were member too, such as but limited to Thomas Burroughs, Calvin Coolidge, and luther Burbank.

When Harding died and the press started getting wind and following the trips and more importantly when the wives wanted to start being included the trips ended.

There is a story behind these trips, true or not I have no idea.  Out in the country and driving through the rain in an old Model T, a farmer noticed five men standing by a Lincoln touring car which was stuck in the mud. He stopped and assisted in pulling the car out of the muck, at which point one of the men stepped forward to shake his hand, telling the farmer, “I made the car you’re driving.” “And I’m the man who made those tires,” added another in the group. He then pointed to two of the others, saying, “Meet the man who invented the electric light — and the President of the United States.” When the fifth man asked the farmer, “I guess you don’t know me either?” the farmer replied, “No, but if you’re the same kind of liar as these other darn fools, I wouldn’t be surprised if you said you was Santa Claus.”

[ps11yat14]

The T in the model T was for Thomas Edison,  The A in the model A was for Thomas Alva Edison.

Bill