Locomobile Fuel Tanks Being Refilled during Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1908
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Locomobile "Old 16" fuels up during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race on Long Island, New York. Men in the pit look on as two others -- probably driver George Robertson and riding mechanic Glenn Ethridge -- service the car before thundering to victory on October 24. It was the first time an American automobile won a major international circuit race.
Locomobile "Old 16" fuels up during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race on Long Island, New York. Men in the pit look on as two others -- probably driver George Robertson and riding mechanic Glenn Ethridge -- service the car before thundering to victory on October 24. It was the first time an American automobile won a major international circuit race.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1908
Subject Date
24 October 1908
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.0.4.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.75 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front of postcard below image: Vanderbilt Race, October 24, 1908. The winning Locomobile stopping at the end of the ninth lap to / take on supplies. The tanks were filled in one minute and fifteen seconds.
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