Tag: Hitchcock
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Greg O’s Garage: The 1930 Motor Parkway license plate/season ticket holders Part 2
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has forwarded lists of people who purchased Long Island Motor Parkway season tickets and license plates over an eight-year period (1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 1930, 1931 and 1932.) These "Who's Who" lists total over 700 prominent Long Islanders.
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Mystery Foto #26 Solved: A Unique View of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand
This weekend's Mystery Friday Foto was an image of a Vanderbilt Cup Race grandstand.
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The 1906 Westbury Grandstand & the Current Battle over the Hitchcock Property
Last Sunday, the locations of the grandstand and officials' stand/press box for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race were documented between Powells Lane and Hitchcock lane on Jericho Turnpike. After moving to Mineola in 1905, the Start/Finish Line returned to its original Westbury location with a larger grandstand and press…
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…