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A COPPER, WOOD AND BRASS WEATHERVANE OF 'FAMOUS NUMBER 16' LOCOMOBILE WEATHERVANE

AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY

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A COPPER, WOOD AND BRASS WEATHERVANE OF 'FAMOUS NUMBER 16' LOCOMOBILE WEATHERVANE
AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY
on later box base
Overall 49 ½ in. high, 30 in. wide, 76 in. long

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Lot Essay

“Old 16," now in the collection of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, was the first American winner of the Vanderbilt Cup automobile race, in 1908. The car was manufactured by the Locomobile Company of America, in operation between 1899 and 1929.

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