Tag: Helck Family Collection
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Aug 04 2018
Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer
Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, was owned by the Helck family for 55 years from 1942 to 1997. Nobody was photographed more frequently with this historic racer than Jerry Helck.
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Mar 13 2018
Highlights From the Westhampton Historical Society Vanderbilt Cup Races Presentation
Every seat was taken at last Sunday's presentation "The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races: The Impact on Long Island" sponsored by the Westhampton Historical Society.
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Mar 03 2018
Helck Family Collection:Original Illustration by the “Vermeer” of Automobile Advertising-Earle Teale
Another treasure has been discovered in the Helck Family Collection- an original illustration for the White Company created by the remarkable artist Earle Grantham Teale (1886-1919).
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Feb 17 2018
Helck Family Collection: The 1942 Bill of Sale From Joseph B. Sessions for Old 16
Another gem of the Helck Family Collection treasure is the original January 30, 1942 bill of sale transferring the 1906 Old 16 Locomobile from the estate of Joseph B. Sessions to Peter Helck .
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Feb 06 2018
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Peter Helck’s 1921 Benz-Mercedes “Rabbit-the-First” Now Owned by Jay Leno
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this special racer.
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Feb 03 2018
Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck’s Illustrated Wagner Envelopes
The great racing artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, for 13 years from 1947 to 1960. This friendship was marked by a multitude of correspondence between Montlhery, France and Millerton, New York, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner.
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Jul 14 2017
Art Student Jennifer Siplia Awarded the First Peter Helck Scholarship in Realism
Congratulations to Jennifer Siplia as the 2017-2018 recipient of the Peter Helck Scholarship at the Art Students League on New York.
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Feb 04 2017
Helck Family Collection: George Robertson’s Eyewitness Account of Lindbergh’s Journey to History
One more treasure from the Helck Family Collection- George Robertson, winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, documents his role in Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic journey on May 20, 1927.
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Jan 25 2017
Helck Family Collection: Old 16 at the Opening of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957
For the inaugural races at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957, Old 16 participated in the Vintage Exhibition Run. Prior to this appearance, Old 16, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, stopped off at the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton.
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Jan 17 2017
Helck Family Collection: Bill Mitchell’s XP-700 Corvette Concept Car and XP-87 Stingray Racer
Another treasure has been discovered in the Helck Family Collection- A 1960 letter from Bill Mitchell, then head of General Motors Styling, to Peter Helck with photos of "my Stingray and Corvette." The two automobiles were the historic 1958 XP-700 Corvette Concept Car and the 1959 XP-87 Stingray Racer.
