Vanderbilt Cup, 1904
date: label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and AAA established America’s first international auto race in 1904. Held annually on Long Island’s public roads, the race was aimed at improving the performance of American automobiles. The trophy, a silver cup made by Tiffany, is inscribed with the winning entries and an image of Vanderbilt in his Mercedes race car. After a spectator fatality in 1906, Vanderbilt constructed the first highway designed for automobiles, the Long Island Motor Parkway, where races resumed in 1908. After more fatalities, the race relocated to Georgia, Wisconsin, and California. Vanderbilt donated the cup to the Smithsonian in 1934.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.310894
label: accession number
content: 131820
label: catalog number
content: 310894
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 20 in; 58.42 cm x 50.8 cm