Tag: Jefferson Demont Thompson
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Mystery Friday Foto #47 Solved: Jefferson DeMont Thompson in the 1906 #6 Hotchkiss
Did you identify this mystery racer?
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Mystery Friday Foto #30 Solved : Five officials at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Kleiner’s Korner: The many options for the location of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Numerous locations were offered as the site of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Reasons varied but none eventually beat out Long Island.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The $1,000 check for winning the 1908 Meadow Brook Sweepstakes
To encourage participation for the first races held on the Motor Parkway on October 10, 1908, $1,000 prizes were offered to the winners of the five 1908 sweepstakes.
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Kleiner’s Korner: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations
As he had done in 1906, Robert Edgren again portrayed the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race through his illustrations in the "New York Evening World". As sports editor, he was able to convey his view of the race (many times not very positive) through pictures and his own words.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Long Island Aviation and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As aviation matured on Long Island in the early 1900s, so did its interaction with those who supported automobile racing.
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Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Officials of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race and Reginald Vanderbilt
This weekend's holiday Mystery Foto featured four Vanderbilt Cup Race officials.
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October 23, 1958 Newsday: The Races That Made History
On the 50th anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Newsday published a celebratory article "The Races That Made History." The article is particularly noteworthy because it included one of the last interviews with George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 race.
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Mystery Foto #54 Solved: Officials of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
This week's Mystery Friday Foto was looking for details on the historic photo of Herb Lytle winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes.
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Classic Photos of “Old 16” Locomobile
The most photographed car in all the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the 1908 winner "Old 16" Locomobile. Among my collection of over 250 "Old 16" images, these are ten of my favorites taken during the race:
Brian McCarthy - Quite possible the same couple exploring/documenting the LIMP have reached the Jericho Tpke bridge in…