1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Jun 21 2022
Film: Vincenzo Lancia and the Lancia Lambda
Giovanni De Virgilio of Italy created a documentary "Vincenzo Lancia and the Birth of Modern Motoring". Here is a preview of a clip focusing on the Lancia Lambda. (0 comments)
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Apr 02 2022
Treasures from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s historic photos are being posted online
LIU's Palmer School of Library & Information Science received a $1.5 million grant in 2016 to digitize materials in 80 local historical societies and museums. Several of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s personal photo albums have now been posted online by LIU. (5 comments)
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Nov 27 2021
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: 12 Previously unpublished photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
I recently purchased an unknown family's scrapbook of 250 photos taken from 1905 to 1914. Highlight are these previously never published 12 photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (9 comments)
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Oct 06 2021
Greg O’s Garage: A 1906 Nassau County Map
An early, unique map of Nassau County (5 comments)
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Aug 09 2021
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile taking a practice run in Bridgeport for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup
The Helck Family Collection challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (3 comments)
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Jun 08 2021
New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park
I wrote this brief article for this week's Guide to New Hyde Park published by the New Hyde Park Herald Courier. (3 comments)
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Apr 05 2021
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: Walter Christie making the Bull’s Head Turn during a practice run
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (13 comments)
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Jan 18 2021
Mystery Foto #3 Solved: Vincenzo Lancia at the end of a 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Mineola
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (6 comments)
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Jan 01 2021
Update From the Pickering Collection: Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long Island
Roslyn resident William Pickering (1865-1929) was one of the earliest Long Island photographers documenting many of the people, buildings and events in Nassau County including the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In 2009, Catherine Pickering shared with me these photos and postcards taken by her grandfather. (5 comments)
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Dec 12 2020
Helck Family Collection: Distinguished service citation for Joe Tracy awarded by Automobile Old Timers in 1948
Among the documents found in the Helck Family Collection are veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy's original honors and licenses. This citation was awarded to Joe Tracy at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Automobile Old Timers on November 9, 1948. (4 comments)
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…