Some pictures showing the atmosphere around the 1915 races around the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, thereby covering both the Grand Prize and the Vanderbilt Cup race.
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MOTOR AGE Vol. XXVIII, No.11, March 18, 1915
Snapped at San Francisco
1 – Resta in the Peugeot passing the Danish building, with Pullen in Mercer, chasing him;
2 – Unique picture showing drivers and mechanics posing for the Vanderbilt start photograph;
3 – Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was an interested onlooker at the Vanderbilt;
4 – Ruckstell in a Mercer, runs off the track at the hairpin turn when in second place and with only a few laps to go;
5 – Ceremony of presenting Resta with the Grand Prize cup of the Automobile Club of America;
6 – Pullen, who finished second in a Mercer, speeding by the Utah building
Vanderbilt Winners
Herewith are shown the finishes in the Vanderbilt cup race from 1910 to the present day, along with the pictures of the winners of the earlier races.
No. 1 shows Resta in a Peugeot winning the 1915 event at San Francisco;
2 – Robertson, winner of the 1908 race in a Locomobile, the first American victory;
3 – Mulford in a Lozier winning at Savannah in 1911;
4 – Heath, who drove a Pan- hard to victory in 1904;
5 – De Palma in a Mercedes winning at Milwaukee in 1912;
6 – De Palma repeating at Santa Monica in 1914;
7 – Hemery, winner in 1905, standing, and Wagner, winner in 1906;
8 – Grant in Alco, winning in 1910, the last Vanderbilt run on Long Island.
