1909 Wheatley Sweepstakes
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Jun 12 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #23 Solved: Ray Harroun in the Marmon ‘Yellow Jacket’
Did you identify this mystery racer? (8 comments)
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Jul 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race Statement of Earnings
How much money does it take to run a race? Is profit the motive? Did the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race race keep to budget? (0 comments)
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Mar 31 2021
Family Photos of Henry Schmidt’s Meadowbrook Hotel in Westbury
As a follow-up to the 2020 Mystery Foto #7 of the Meadowbrook Hotel, the owner's great-grandson Michael White has forwarded two photos from the Schmidt/White family album. The photos are from the collection of Thomas Schmidt, another great-grandson. (1 comments)
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Mar 15 2021
Mystery Foto #11 Solved: A view of Old Country Road (Salisbury) section of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's challenging Mystery Foto. (8 comments)
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
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Dec 08 2020
Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A 1953 View over Merrick Avenue and East Meadow and Westbury
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this weekend's newly scanned aerial. (12 comments)
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Feb 17 2020
Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a section of the planned original section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course. (15 comments)
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races? (12 comments)
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Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses. (2 comments)
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Oct 29 2018
Mystery Foto #43 Solved:#7 Chalmers at the Hicksville Road Turn During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto is a classic scene during a Vanderbilt Cup Race. (14 comments)
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…