Drop Box Used during the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Every car in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race carried one of these boxes. Cars stopped at two control points during each lap. Officials recorded a car's control point entrance and exit times on papers dropped into the box. At the end of the race, "control time" was subtracted from elapsed time to determine a car's actual racing time.
Every car in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race carried one of these boxes. Cars stopped at two control points during each lap. Officials recorded a car's control point entrance and exit times on papers dropped into the box. At the end of the race, "control time" was subtracted from elapsed time to determine a car's actual racing time.
Artifact
Box (Container)
Date Made
1904
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
36.623.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Long Island Automobile Club.
Material
Copper (Metal)
Leather
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 7.50 in
Width: 2.25 in
Length: 5.625 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed on plate mounted to lid: WM. K. VANDERBILT JR. CUP
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