1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Oct 13 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations
Additional illustrations portray the last Vanderbilt Cup Race held on public roads on Long Island. (1 comments)
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Aug 03 2021
Newsday’s Big Apple Almanac: Willie K’s Speedway
In the 1990s a regular feature of the Sunday Newsday were the color illustrations of New York history by artist Patrick M. Reynolds. The September 3rd and 10th, 1990 issues featured these cartoons of the Motor Parkway and the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (2 comments)
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May 04 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1910 Buick VCR Team at Sea
Soon after the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Buick team headed to Savannah, GA to participate in the Nov. 12th Grand Prize Race. The team and other auto enthusiasts returned after the race to New York on the steamship "SS City of Savannah" which featured in its on-board publication an… (6 comments)
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Apr 12 2021
Mystery Fotos #15 Solved: W.C. Fields in an American Underslung in 1909
Kelly Williams challenged you to identify these two Mystery Fotos taken during the same photo shoot. (6 comments)
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Mar 31 2021
Family Photos of Henry Schmidt’s Meadowbrook Hotel in Westbury
As a follow-up to the 2020 Mystery Foto #7 of the Meadowbrook Hotel, the owner's great-grandson Michael White has forwarded two photos from the Schmidt/White family album. The photos are from the collection of Thomas Schmidt, another great-grandson. (1 comments)
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Mar 15 2021
Mystery Foto #11 Solved: A view of Old Country Road (Salisbury) section of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's challenging Mystery Foto. (8 comments)
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
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Dec 08 2020
Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A 1953 View over Merrick Avenue and East Meadow and Westbury
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this weekend's newly scanned aerial. (12 comments)
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Oct 19 2020
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: A 1929 Curtiss B-2 Condor Bomber Flyover Over Roosevelt Field, Merrick Avenue and the Motor Parkway
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer challenged you to identify this weekend's amazing Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
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Jun 08 2020
Mystery Foto #23 Solved: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner George Robertson
Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (7 comments)
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…