Tag: Vanderbilia
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A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February
The Harborfields Library in Greenlawn is hosting a Vanderbilt Cup Races/Long Island Motor Parkway display for the month of February
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Vanderbilia at the 2023 RM Sotheby’s Auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania
The auction block saw many Vanderbilt Cup Race rarities up for auction last Friday in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Vanderbilia: The Old 16 Locomobile Spoon
While searching through my Vanderbilia display case, I rediscovered this Old 16 Locomobile spoon. I have no idea who manufactured it and why. Can anyone help?
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Mystery Foto #97 Solved: Rare Wooden Long Island Motor Parkway Sign (1933-1938)
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a rare wooden parkway sign from the archives of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA).
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The 1929 Long Island Motor Parkway Brochure and Map
After the Motor Parkway was extended to Nassau Boulevard in 1928, the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. published this brochure and map promoting the "45 miles of fine, fast, private right of way".
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Press Conference: “Long Island: The World’s Largest Resort” Interactive Exhibit
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization held a press conference yesterday announcing an upcoming exhibit "Long Island: The World's Largest Resort" at the Mill Pond House Restaurant in Centerport. Since the exhibit includes several Vanderbilia from my collection, the Black Beast was invited to the press conference:
Bob, the plates were purchased by members of the Wheatley Hills Golf Club and Links Golf Club. Both clubs had private…