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May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown. (8 comments)
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May 14 2013
Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Sold on eBay for $2,300
The small Locomobile Vanderbilt Cups is one of the most collectible of Vanderbilia. A Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup was sold on EBay last week for $2,300. (0 comments)
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May 13 2013
Mystery Foto #15 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr. on the 1906 American Elimination Trial Course
The Mystery Friday Foto has been solved: It was Willie K driving his 1903 Mercedes at Krug's Corner in Mineola during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (9 comments)
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May 11 2013
A Mother’s Day Tribute: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
In celebration of Mother's Day, this is a photo tribute to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s mother Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. (1 comments)
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May 08 2013
Inspiration for the Mansions of “The Great Gatsby” & The Hempstead House Screening Gala
Literary scholars believe two inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby may have been William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s mother's Beacon Towers and John Scott Browning, Sr.'s Land's End, both located in Sands Point. (5 comments)
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May 07 2013
VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Record Viewership, Highlights and Blog Archives for April 2013
Highlights and a summary of posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com during April 2013. (0 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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May 04 2013
School Project: The Black Beast and the Long Island Motor Parkway in Lake Success
Last month, I was contacted by four Great Neck South Middle School students requesting a film interview on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (7 comments)
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May 02 2013
Blog Updates (Latest: 3/9/2014)
Recent updates to older posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com. (1 comments)
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May 01 2013
Smiles, Thumbs Ups and Rides at the Heckscher Museum of Art
The entire Black Beast team had a wonderful time at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington on Saturday and Sunday at the opening of the exhibit "Car Culture: Art and Automobile". (3 comments)
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