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- Racing Poster, "Coupe Gordon Bennett 1909, Curtiss le Gagnant" - James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner and publisher of the <em>New York Herald</em>, sponsored a series of aviation contests from 1909 to 1920. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy went to the pilot who covered a set distance in the fastest time. American pilot Glenn Curtiss won the inaugural prize in 1909. Bennett sponsored similar competitions for gas balloons and automobiles.
- 1909
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Racing Poster, "Coupe Gordon Bennett 1909, Curtiss le Gagnant"
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner and publisher of the New York Herald, sponsored a series of aviation contests from 1909 to 1920. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy went to the pilot who covered a set distance in the fastest time. American pilot Glenn Curtiss won the inaugural prize in 1909. Bennett sponsored similar competitions for gas balloons and automobiles.
- Lithograph, Coupe Vanderbilt, 1904 - The first three Vanderbilt Cup races, held on Long Island from 1904-1906, took place on public roads rather than a closed track. Collisions with spectators, bystanders and railroad locomotives were all dangerous possibilities. After a spectator was killed in 1906, the race was relocated to the newly built, grade-separated Long Island Motor Parkway, where access was better controlled.
- 1904
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Lithograph, Coupe Vanderbilt, 1904
The first three Vanderbilt Cup races, held on Long Island from 1904-1906, took place on public roads rather than a closed track. Collisions with spectators, bystanders and railroad locomotives were all dangerous possibilities. After a spectator was killed in 1906, the race was relocated to the newly built, grade-separated Long Island Motor Parkway, where access was better controlled.