The Vanderbilt Cup Races

These are links to my favorite websites related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

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Vanderbilt Cup Races

 

George Eastman House: A collection of 871 Nathan Lazarnick images including the 1904, 1908 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races

 

TazioNuvolari.com: Features information on the winner of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race winner

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Long Island Motor Parkway

 

Sam Berliner III's grand tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway:The grandfather of Motor Parkway websites

 

Art's Long Island Motor Parkway Site: Maps, photos , lots of concrete posts and Art's discoveries

 

Historic Hempstead Plains: Views of the Motor Parkway today in Nassau County

 

Lost Long Island: Views of the Motor Parkway today in Queens

 

Bridge and Tunnel Club: Views of the Motor Parkway today in Oakland Gardens, Queens

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Racing History

 

First Super Speedway: Mark Dill's collection of pre-World War I American auto racing research

 

TheGreatAutoRace.com: Details the New York-Paris Race of 1908

 

Champcarstats.com: Driver and Race Stats (1905-2009)

 

TeamDan.com: Darren Galpin has compiled the results of historic races and drivers

 

Americangrandprize.com: The First U.S. Grand Prix, Savannah 1908

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Bridgehampton Race Circuit

 

Bridgehampton Memories: The official website of the Bridgehampton Racing Heritage Group

 

Tribute to Bridgehampton: Ash Automobilia provides links to Bridgehampton photos, films, articles, books and websites.

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Automobile History and Newspaer Articles

 

Automobile Chronology: Lists automobile firsts, records, races and trivia.

 

Horseless Carriage Foundation Library: Become a member for $35 a year and search 300,000 pdf pages from 1895-1922.

 

Chronicling America: Access to pdfs of historical newspaer articles dating back to 1690.

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Racing Websites

 

Wheels of Speed: Racing Websites

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The Vanderbilt Family

 

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum: Willie K's Museum

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Car Clubs

 

Long Island Classic Cars: Listing of local car clubs

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Aerial Surveys of Long Island

 

New York State Archives-Fairchild Aerial Survey Collection: Includes aerials of the Motor Parkway in Queens, North Hempstead, and Suffolk

 

Historic Aerials: Aerials of Long Island dating back to 1954

 

Wikimapia-An online map and satellite imaging resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system

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Long Island History

 

OldLongIsland.com: Photos and details on over 175 Long Island estates including several mansions related to Vanderbilt Cup Race personalities.

 

This website airportappraisals.com features four amazing videos of Lindbergh's flight from Roosevelt Field to Paris. Part 3 shows a spectacular film of the takeoff. Watch Lindbergh barely make it over the telephone wires on Merrick Avenue.