Erwin Bergdoll and passenger in Benz racecar, 1912 Vanderbilt Cup races
Description:
View of Erwin Bergdoll and passenger racing Benz car no. 40 during the 1912 Vanderbilt Cup races in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Signs advertising Federal tires, Wallman Manufacturing Co., Regal underslung cars and Michelin tires on roadside. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Birdall [sic] on course just before finish, Benz, Vanderbilt Race, October, 1912. Races and racing--Vanderbilt Cup races, 1912."
