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Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup Race – Historic Reproduction

Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1904 — historic photograph
Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1904. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup Race

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Few early motor contests drew as much attention as the Vanderbilt Cup, and this print documents the 1904 race on Long Island, a event that William K. Vanderbilt Jr. created to test automobiles on a closed road course. The image is an enlargement from a motion picture made by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, so its softness and grain come from film frames rather than a still camera. The record comes from an older caption card and has not been fully verified, so specific details of the moment shown should be read with some caution. Even so, it offers a rare look at how the new sport was recorded in its first decade.

Created / published1904
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesEnlargement made from motion picture by American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,039 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107804

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