The William K. Vanderbilt Challenge Cup, circa 1904
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Starting in 1904, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., organized an annual automobile race through Long Island, New York. For the grand prize, Vanderbilt commissioned a silver cup from Tiffany & Company. The trophy was inscribed with winners' names and included an image of Vanderbilt himself at the wheel of his Mercedes. He gifted the cup to the Smithsonian in 1934.
Starting in 1904, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., organized an annual automobile race through Long Island, New York. For the grand prize, Vanderbilt commissioned a silver cup from Tiffany & Company. The trophy was inscribed with winners' names and included an image of Vanderbilt himself at the wheel of his Mercedes. He gifted the cup to the Smithsonian in 1934.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1904
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.N.V-04-00
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 4.25 in
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