1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
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Oct 21 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Two Cars that Didn’t Make it to the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Automobile makers saw the Vanderbilt Cup Races as an opportunity to promote their cars to an enthusiastic and growing audience. However, while having good intentions, this didn't necessarily translate into reality. (4 comments)
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Sep 07 2020
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: The P43 Racer Taking a Turn in the Hamlet of Jericho
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (7 comments)
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Aug 29 2020
Photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
The Detroit Public Library has scanned additional images for their National Automotive History Collection. Below are photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes held on October 10, 1908- the opening day of the Motor Parkway. (1 comments)
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Aug 24 2020
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The N6 Cadillac Getting Ready to Start in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (11 comments)
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Jun 29 2020
Mystery Foto #26 Partially Solved: Lewis Strang’s P46 Renault during the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
Shawn Linn challenged you to identify this previously unpublished Mystery Foto. (19 comments)
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Apr 01 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in Advertising Part III
Part III of this series focuses on automobile manufacturers that promoted their products in association with The Long Island Motor Parkway or the Vanderbilt Cup Races. The parkway and the races provided a proving ground for their auto's performance and reliability. (3 comments)
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Feb 17 2020
Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a section of the planned original section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course. (15 comments)
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races? (12 comments)
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Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses. (2 comments)
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Oct 29 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
Art Kleiner has explored recently obtained surveys and maps from the Nassau County Department of Public Works to focus on the removal of the largest bridge built for the Motor Parkway. (10 comments)
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…