W.K. Vanderbilt at racetrack – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of W.K. Vanderbilt at racetrack brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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W.K. Vanderbilt at racetrack
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The caption identifies the man as W.K. Vanderbilt, most likely William Kissam Vanderbilt II, a wealthy sportsman known for his yachts, his automobiles, and the Vanderbilt Cup road races he sponsored on Long Island. The record does not name the track, and the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service supplied, which the Library of Congress notes is unverified. The glass negative was made as part of the Bain collection, a body of press pictures that the New York agency sold to newspapers, so it captures the kind of society and sporting news those outlets wanted in the early 1910s.
| Created / published | 10/1/10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 945 × 711 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-6505 |
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