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- Automobile Racing Trophy Won by Oliver Belmont Driving a De Dion Voiturette, 1901 - Wealthy banking heir Oliver Belmont published a newspaper and served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also raced cars. At the time, automobile racing was largely the province of the rich, who had the time and money to devote to the sport. Belmont won this trophy, driving a French-built De Dion Voiturette, at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1901.
- August 30, 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Automobile Racing Trophy Won by Oliver Belmont Driving a De Dion Voiturette, 1901
Wealthy banking heir Oliver Belmont published a newspaper and served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also raced cars. At the time, automobile racing was largely the province of the rich, who had the time and money to devote to the sport. Belmont won this trophy, driving a French-built De Dion Voiturette, at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1901.
- Pocket Watch, Presented to Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld by New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker, 1928 - Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld organized the first successful nonstop east-to-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With crewmates Hermann Kohl and James Fitzmaurice, he made the historic flight aboard the airplane <em>Bremen</em> on April 12-13, 1928. The three men received a hero's welcome in New York City. Mayor Jimmy Walker presented this watch to Huenefeld in commemoration of the flight.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Watch, Presented to Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld by New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker, 1928
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld organized the first successful nonstop east-to-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With crewmates Hermann Kohl and James Fitzmaurice, he made the historic flight aboard the airplane Bremen on April 12-13, 1928. The three men received a hero's welcome in New York City. Mayor Jimmy Walker presented this watch to Huenefeld in commemoration of the flight.