Locomobile Company Celebrates
Banquet in Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the Locomobile was manufactured, declared Monday, November 9th a holiday as Robertson paraded the victorious #16 Locomobile around town before 30,000 spectators. That evening more than 300 business and community leaders attended the largest banquet in the city’s history up to that time in the dining room of the new Stratfield Hotel. The Vanderbilt Cup was proudly displayed in the back of the room.
Locomobile Company Promotes Victory
Although the Locomobile Company promoted the establishment of “American Supremacy in Automobiles” in its ads, it soon decided to discontinue its racing efforts due to its expense. The Locomobile Company continued to prosper through World War I when it received several lucrative military contracts. But changes in the market and company management forced it to struggle through the 1920’s before eventually closing its doors in March 1929.
1908
Feature
The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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