Pope-Toledo Racing Car Driven by Bert Dingley in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Long Island, New York
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Five American entries, including this car, joined 14 foreign automobiles in the second Vanderbilt Cup race. Although driver Bert Dingley won the American Elimination Trials that year in a different Pope-Toledo, he only managed a twelfth-place finish in the cup race with Pope-Toledo #3. A Darracq racing car driven by Victor Hemery captured the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup for France.
Five American entries, including this car, joined 14 foreign automobiles in the second Vanderbilt Cup race. Although driver Bert Dingley won the American Elimination Trials that year in a different Pope-Toledo, he only managed a twelfth-place finish in the cup race with Pope-Toledo #3. A Darracq racing car driven by Victor Hemery captured the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup for France.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1905
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.1774.V.05.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Brown Tone
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.625 in
Width: 6.625 in
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