Erwin Bergdoll, #52 Benz, American Grand Prize Race

Summary

The 1911 Grand Prix season was closed out by the American Grand Prize Race, held in Savannah, Georgia, on November 30 of that year. American driver David Bruce-Brown won the event in the #48 Fiat. The 410-mile race took place on the 17-mile road course used for the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup a few days earlier.

The 1911 Grand Prix season was closed out by the American Grand Prize Race, held in Savannah, Georgia, on November 30 of that year. American driver David Bruce-Brown won the event in the #48 Fiat. The 410-mile race took place on the 17-mile road course used for the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup a few days earlier.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

30 November 1911

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.P.301.22

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in

Width: 10.00 in

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