Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Postcard Series

Mar 02 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962 Part 4

A deep dive into more images from the Long Island Automotive Museum. Included is a look at the vehicles as they were in previously unseen images, museum postcards, and information on where the automobiles are today.
Apr 24 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #16 likely solved: A section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course near Wantagh Avenue

Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Jan 03 2022
Mystery Foto #1 Solved: A 1940 view of the Motor Parkway at Half Hollow Road in Dix Hills

My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify the first Mystery Foto to be solved in the New Year.
May 20 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Humorous Postcards from the Helck Family Collection

An earlier post displayed a series of automobile race related postcards found among the Helck Family Collection. Also among the collection were humorous anecdotes related to early automobiling. Woman featured prominently in many of these cards. Art Kleiner
Mar 23 2020
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A View Along the 10-Mile Curve in Dix Hills & the “View” Postcard Series

To promote the restaurant/inn Petit Trianon and the Motor Parkway in 1912, Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. hired a photographer to develop the "View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway" series. These postcards were sold at Petit Trianon. My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this postcard.
Mar 18 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Peter Helck’s Postcard Collection

Included in the Peter Helck Family Collection are nearly 300 postcards. Topics include automobiles (including over 30 from the Long Island Automotive Museum), US and foreign drivers and races and those of a comical nature.
Sep 02 2019
Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a distinctive view of the Motor Parkway.
Feb 17 2016
1937 Ye Mappe to Rothmann’s East Norwich Inn

Rothmann's Restaurant in East Norwich has been a fixture on Long Island since 1907. Rothmann's issued this cartoon postcard in 1937 showing the routes to their restaurant including the Long Island Motor Parkway. Postcard courtesy of Gary Hammond.
Mar 26 2014
Vanderbilia Postcard Series #4: The Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma

The fourth Vanderbilia postcard series features Pettit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma, located at the eastern terminus of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Jan 07 2014
Vanderbilia Postcard Series #3. The Brooklyn Eagle Mineola Fair Post Cards of the 1906 Course

The third in the VanderbiltCupRaces.com postcard series was produced by the Brooklyn Eagle as souvenirs for the 1906 Mineola Fair. The postcards featured photos of the course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.