Lorraine-Detrich Automobile Driven by Arthur Duray at the Vanderbilt Cup Race, Long Island, New York, 1906
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This is car #18 -- a Lorraine-Dietrich driven for France by Arthur Duray -- during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race. Duray took third place, but another French car secured the country's third consecutive Vanderbilt Cup. During the race, excited crowds flooded the course and one spectator was killed. The Vanderbilt Cup road race was suspended for 1907.
This is car #18 -- a Lorraine-Dietrich driven for France by Arthur Duray -- during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race. Duray took third place, but another French car secured the country's third consecutive Vanderbilt Cup. During the race, excited crowds flooded the course and one spectator was killed. The Vanderbilt Cup road race was suspended for 1907.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
22 September 1906 - 06 October 1906
Subject Date
22 September 1906 - 06 October 1906
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Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.1.1774.605.18.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.625 in
Width: 9.75 in
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