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American Grand Prize, San Francisco, California, 1915

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Artifact Overview

For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1915

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.P.1292.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.125 in
Width: 7.00 in

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American Grand Prize, San Francisco, California, 1915