Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Sep 02 2013
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The FIAT Team for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This Mystery Foto was from the collection of Paul Osika, who has the best vintage racing photos at Hershey. (6 comments)
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Aug 24 2013
Then & Now: The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
For the revival of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in 1936, a new Vanderbilt cup was designed and produced by Cartier. (1 comments)
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Aug 12 2013
Mystery Foto #28 Solved:Then & Now- Courses for the 1936 and 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Races
This week's Mystery Foto was a "Then & Now" printed in a press release for the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (7 comments)
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Jun 17 2013
Mystery Foto: #20 Solved: Grave’s Garage in Mineola- Headquarters for the 1908 #3 Mercedes
In celebration of Sunday's Father's Day, this Mystery Foto is a real softball. (10 comments)
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Jun 10 2013
Mystery Foto #19 Solved: Aerial of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race & Site of Lindbergh’s Takeoff
This aerial was taken during the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at the "new" Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury. (12 comments)
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May 07 2013
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: East Meadow/Westbury: Location for Six Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
This 1949 aerial is looking north towards East Meadow (my childhood hometown) and Westbury. (6 comments)
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Apr 01 2013
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Levittown/Bethpage on May 27, 1947
Congratulations to Tim, Frank Scotty, Greg Tsistinas, Steve Lucas, Brian McCarthy, Frank Femenias, susansmoose, Gary Hammond, Art K., and Joe Oesterle for correctly identifying last Friday's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)
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Dec 05 2012
Peter Prunty-The One Man PA System for the Vanderbilt Cup Races
A constant throughout the Long Island days of the races associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races was track announcer Peter Prunty. A slender man, Prunty wielded a megaphone nearly three feet long and shouted updates to the spectators in the grandstands. (4 comments)
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Dec 01 2012
Vanderbilt Cup Races Stats: Drivers, Cars and Manufacturers
Here are summary stats for the Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910. (0 comments)
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Apr 28 2012
The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road
Tim Ivers: "Howard, the 1932 Hagstrom Map shows an overpass over the LIMP (Bloomingdale Road extension) which connected with Hempstead Tpke. The overpass is about halfway between Jerusalem Avenue on the west and Wantagh Rd (Ave.) on the east. Are there any known photos of this overpass, or other information?" (1 comments)
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…