Vanderbilia: A Unique Scorecard for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The Home Insurance Company promoted its auto services in 1910 by publishing this unique scorecard for the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The Scorecard was compliments of The Home Insurance Company of New York., promoting "Millions behind its Automobile Policy."
The reverse side featured a map of the course and details of the three races that ran simultaneously: the Vanderbilt Cup Race, Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes and Massapequa Sweepstakes.,
Information on all the entrants and their racers were featured inside the scorecard for a potential 30 laps..
The scorecard is 13 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches and had an insert for laps 6 to 25.
Vanderbilt Cup Race
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes
Massapequa Sweepstakes
Comments
This is over the top! when it comes to ephemeral stuff, this deserves a big congratulations!
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Howard Kroplick
Sheri, Agree! It was a logical promotion for a company offering automobile insurance.
Fab find but, re the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes, I don’t think I know of a “Fal”, let alone TWO of ‘em! Sam, III
Sam, Re: Fal automobile, check Wikipedia
Hadn’t done so because it never occurred to me that it was for real. That’s the beauty of these blogs - there’s always something new to learn. Thanks, Al (and Howard)! Sam, III