Spectators in Grandstand Awaiting Beginning of Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1906
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Artifact Overview
Spectators in the grandstand await the start of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race on Long Island, New York. Elsewhere, excited fans were much more difficult to control. Crowds flooded the course during the cup race, and one spectator was killed. The Vanderbilt Cup road race was suspended for 1907.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
06 October 1906
Subject Date
06 October 1906
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.1.1774.605.7.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 6.375 in
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SetThe Vanderbilt Cup
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America's earliest auto races were small-time contests. Wealthy enthusiast William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., thought the United States needed a big, signature event. Starting in 1904, he organized an annual road race through Long Island, New York, that attracted top American and European drivers and manufacturers. When a Connecticut-built Locomobile won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1908, it helped prove that America's automotive industry had arrived.