Links to Favorite Websites on the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Motor Parkway: Latest Addition 2/01/10
These are links to my favorite websites related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
_____________________________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
_____________________________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
____________________________________________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.
_____________________________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.
_________________________________Racing Websites
Wheels of Speed: Racing Websites
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The Vanderbilt Family
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum: Willie K's Museum
__________________________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.
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The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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