Vanderbilt Cup Races

1904 Ormond-Daytona Races

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  Apr 02 2022

  Treasures from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives:  William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s historic photos are being posted online

  LIU's Palmer School of Library & Information Science received a $1.5 million grant in 2016 to digitize materials in 80 local historical societies and museums. Several of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s personal photo albums have now been posted online by LIU. (5 comments)



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  Sep 21 2021

  Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Barney Oldfield on Ormond Beach in his own words

  Peter Helck and Barney Oldfield began a friendship shortly before Barney's passing (2 comments)



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  Aug 30 2021

  Mystery Foto #35 Solved: Robert C. Watson, Jr. was Willie K’s mechanician at the 1904 Ormond Daytona Tournament

  Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto that had stomped me for 16 years? (10 comments)



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  May 12 2020

  A Keystone View of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Some of the best documentation of history from 1892 to 1963 was conducted by the photographers of the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Among Keystone's subjects were the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island including this wonderful photo from the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (11 comments)



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  Nov 16 2015

  Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Barney Oldfield in the Winton Bullet No.2 at Empire City Track in Yonkers

  John Cuocco found this weekend's Mystery Foto while cleaning up my archives. (6 comments)



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  Aug 31 2015

  Mystery Foto/Illustration Solved #35: Wille K in his 1903 Mercedes Seeking “Other Worlds to Conquer”

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was not a photo but an illustration. (11 comments)



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  Aug 29 2015

  The William K. Vanderbilt Jr. One-Mile Land Speed Record Trophy

  The zenith of William K. Vanderbilt Jr's racing career was the 1904 Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Races. On January 27, 1904, he set the one-mile land speed record on the beach going 92.3 mph in a 90-hp Mercedes. To mark this achievement, Willie K. later received this beautiful silver trophy. (0 comments)



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  Nov 22 2014

  Favorite Website: A Treasure of 34,407 Automotive Photos Posted Online

  The Detroit Public Library has posted 34,407 photos from their National Automotive Collection. (8 comments)



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  Feb 06 2012

  The Dawn of Speed: The Ormond-Daytona Automoble Races

  Beverly Rae Himes explored "The Dawn of Speed" in the November 1987 isue of American Heritage. Here is a repost of the article with an images from my collection. (1 comments)



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  Aug 23 2011

  Willie K’s Cars: #5 The 90-HP Mercedes that Broke the One-Mile Land Speed Record in 1904

  William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was among the first generation of people who grew up with the automobile. With his family’s fortune predicated on transportation perhaps it was inevitable that he was drawn to the latest innovation in machinery to transport goods and people from one place to another. Regardless, his… (0 comments)