Barney Oldfield Driving "Golden Submarine" Race Car at Sheepshead Bay Board Track, Brooklyn, New York, 1917

Summary

Barney Oldfield is at the controls of the streamlined "Golden Submarine" race car at Brooklyn, New York, in this photo from 1917. Oldfield commissioned the car from racing engineer Harry Miller. The "Golden Submarine" was one of the first -- if not the first -- race cars equipped with a metal roll cage around the driver's seat.

Barney Oldfield is at the controls of the streamlined "Golden Submarine" race car at Brooklyn, New York, in this photo from 1917. Oldfield commissioned the car from racing engineer Harry Miller. The "Golden Submarine" was one of the first -- if not the first -- race cars equipped with a metal roll cage around the driver's seat.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1917

Subject Date

1917

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

92.1.1774.609

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: 5 in

Width: 7 in

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