Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pennant: Vanderbilt Cup Race 1910
Object Number:
INV.12312
Date:
1910
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. ( 26 x 62.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: along the fly: "VANDERBILT/ CUP RACE/ 1910"
printed: below automobile: "c (copyright symbol)R"
printed: on tag on hoist: "HENRY SCHWARTZ/ 15 ANN STREET. NEW YORK CITY/ BY REPRODUCTION CO. Process Patented"
Description:
Blue felt pennant printed with an image of two people racing an early model red and yellow automobile (ca. 1910) with large red and white tires above a silver trophy; it is inscribed along the fly end, "VANDERBILT/ CUP RACE/ 1910; felt ties at both ends of the hoist.
Gallery Label:
The Vanderbilt Cup was an automobile race sponsored by William K. Vanderbilt. It ran on Long Island from 1904 to 1910.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
