Mar 14 2022

Mystery Friday Foto#11 Solved: A 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race photo of officials published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle


Matt Wallace, creator publicaddressannouncer.org, challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. 

Mystery Foto questions:

Identify:

  • The Vanderbilt Cup Race (provide a rationale)

1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Rationale: The modest press box/officials' stand

  • The location, the structure in the background and the position of the photographer

Jericho Turnpike, Westbury in front of the press box/officials' stand. The photographer was looking north.

  • The men in the Mystery Foto and their Vanderbilt Cup Race positions. Kudos to those who can name four.

From left to right: A.R Pardington (Chairman of the 1904 Commission), James Breese (Commissioner), Peter Prunty (Announcer) and William K Vanderbilt, Jr. (Referee)

Comments (3)

Congrats to Ken Parrotte and Steve Lucas for identifying the 1904 location.

Kudos to Ken Parotte for identifying the officials in the Mystery Foto.

Enjoy,

Howard Kroplick


Close-Ups


Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 9, 1904


Willie K. and James Breese (far right) can be seen at the 2:21 mark of this 1904 film


Comments

Mar 11 2022 Joe Oesterle 8:54 PM

Has to be Krug’s Corner

Mar 13 2022 Ken Parrotte 3:45 PM

1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Front Grand Stand
Based on hats and clothing I think I see Arthur Pardington Chairman of AAA racing board.  James Breese member of the Board of Governors of the Automobile Club of America.  Harlan Whipple Prisident of AAA.  William K. Vanderbilt Jr.

Mar 13 2022 Steve Lucas 5:39 PM

I believe this photo was taken on the day of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race, October 8, 1904 in front of the officials stand on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury. The photographer would be facing north. The rationale is: the construction style seems to match other images of the same structure from 1904 and Willie K. appears to be wearing a leather coat which eliminates the 1906, 1909, and 1910 races during which he wore cloth jackets. I think the men in the photo from right to left are: Willie K., Referee; Peter Prunty, Announcer; Jefferson DeMont Thompson, Chairman of the Vanderbilt Cup Commission; A. R. Pardington, Willie K.‘s Aide and first Chairman of the AAA Contest Board.

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