Film “Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses: Then and Now”
This brief film shows the dramatic changes on Long Island over the last 100 years comparing sections of the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses (1904-1910) to recent views.
Comments
Howard,
Fantastic website. I particularly loved the video of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the video of your beautiful Alco starting up.
I look forward to visiting this site again & again. By the way, many thanks for visiting the VCR meeting last Wednesday night. You were a hit.
Roger Price
Roger:
Thanks for the feedback! We raised over $200 for Child Abuse Prevention Services and had a lot of fun!
Enjoy,
Howard
Categories
Recent Entries
- Friday, March 12, 2010: March/April Long Island Automotive Events Update
- Thursday,3/11/10: Article “Driving The Ford” & the Future of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner
- Thursday, March 10, 2010: From the Pardington Papers: Original Parkway Names and Toll Gate Locations
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010: The Alco “White Beast” at the 1910 Worcester Dead Horse Hill Climb
- Sunday, March 7, 2010: Then and Now: the Woodbury Turn of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
- Saturday, March 6, 2010: Then and Now: The Long Island Aviation Country Club on the Motor Parkway
Feature
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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LI Oddities: Then and Now