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Emil Stricker, Driving the #3 Mercedes, Passes Under the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge, 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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Artifact Overview

In 1908, portions of the Vanderbilt Cup race circuit were moved to the newly built Long Island Motor Parkway. The parkway -- one of the world's first paved, limited-access highways -- provided a safer route for racers and spectators alike. Emil Stricker finished the 1908 Vanderbilt in sixth place. He was killed in a racing accident three weeks later.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

24 October 1908

Collection Title

Henry Austin Clark, Jr. Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.1.1774.N.VBLT-43A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 4.25 in

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