Onlookers surrounding damaged Mercedes racecar on roadside, 1908 Vanderbilt Cup races

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Description

View of onlookers surrounding damaged Mercedes car on roadside during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup races on Long Island, New York. Man with bicycle in foreground. Handwritten on back: "Mercedes wreck. Races and racing--Vanderbilt Cup races, 1908."

Details

Resource ID:: na016293
Subject:: Automobiles, Racing--Collision damage--New York (State)--Long Island; Automobile racing--Accidents--New York (State)--Long Island; Mercedes automobiles; Vanderbilt Cup Race (1908); Automobile racing--New York (State)--Long Island; Photographic prints
Date:: 1908
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Races and racing--Vanderbilt Cup Races, 1908 #13
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.