Pope-Toledo Racing Car Driven by Bert Dingley in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Long Island, New York

THF202986 / Pope-Toledo Racing Car Driven by Bert Dingley in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Long Island, New York

THF202987 / Pope-Toledo Racing Car Driven by Bert Dingley in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Long Island, New York / back

Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1905

Collection Title

Henry Austin Clark, Jr. Photograph Collection

Location

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

Keywords	United States, New York, Long Island Photographic prints Photographs Automobiles Automobile racing Racing cars Automobile racing drivers Cars Dingley, Bert, 1885-1966 Pope Motor Car Company Vanderbilt Cup (Automobile race)