Three Mercer Race Cars and Designer Finley Robertson Porter at Racing Quarters, circa 1910
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Artifact Overview
Founded in 1909, the Mercer Automobile Company of Trenton, New Jersey, quickly made its reputation with performance cars. Its Type 35 Raceabout, designed by chief engineer Finley R. Porter, boasted a top speed over 70 miles per hour. Mercer Raceabouts were popular on the road and on the track. Management problems and money troubles closed Mercer in 1925.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1910
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photographed by Spooner & Wells Company, from New York City
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.150.9616.12
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
Toning (photography)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Brown
Sepia (color)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
Sign on the barn, center, above the cars: RACING QUARTERS / OF THE / MERCER
A sign on the front radiator of the car on the left reads: 6 VANDERDERBILT CUP RACE / ENTRANT / No. / 33.
A sign on the lower part of the front radiator of the car in the center is illegible.
A sign on the front radiator of the car on the right is in the sun and too bright to read.
Handwritten into image, at bottom right on front: 64531
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