Benz Team, Savannah, Georgia

THF228819 / Benz Team, Savannah, Georgia
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Artifact Overview

After six races on New York's Long Island, the Vanderbilt Cup -- America's premier international road race in its time -- moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1911. Mercedes cars from Germany's Daimler Motors finished second and third, but the victory went to Ralph Mulford in his #8 American-made Lozier. The winning Lozier is flanked by the two Mercedes in this photo.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 November 1911

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.P.349.18

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in