Films
-
Oct 20 2008
Howard Kroplick Interview: The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway
Howard Kroplick was interviewed in August 2008 by North Hempstead Town Clerk Leslie Gross on the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
(2 comments) -
Oct 20 2008
“Over the Seven Seas”: A Film Starring William K. Vanderbilt II
William K. Vanderbilt II (Jr.), his wife Rosamund, his friends Mr. and Mrs. Earle Smith and crew set on a world cruise in 1931 aboard his beautiful 265-foot yacht Alva. They departed Long Island and traveled through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands, the Society Islands, Samoa, Australia, Java,… (3 comments)
-
Mar 15 2008
1916 Vanderbilt Cup Race Video
(0 comments)
-
Mar 10 2008
Film “1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
This newsreel highlights the 1936 George Vanderbilt Cup Race held at the new Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. The race was held on October 12, 1936 and was won by the Italian ace driver Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo.
(1 comments)
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…