Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: A.r.%20pardington

Jul 27 2015
Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company’s “Montauk” in 1901

Alene Scoblete, a librarian and archivist for the Rockville Centre Public Library, needed help in solving this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Sep 29 2014
Mystery Foto #87 Solved: A.R. Pardington at the 1905 Long Island Automobile Club Economy Run

This week's Mystery Foto featured a man associated with both the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Dec 21 2013
The Vanderbilt Cup Race Fantasy Team

Wiliam K. Vanderbilt Jr loved competitive sports and was a member of his St. Mark's Preparatory School's football team (first row, far right).
Aug 10 2013
Anatomy of a 1907 Motor Parkway Cartoon

By late 1907, the route of the Long Island Motor Parkway became public. In September 1907, the trade magazine Automobile Topics published this cartoon addressing; "How the Motor Parkway Became Kinky."
Feb 07 2013
The Birth of the Long Island Motor Parkway

The death of a spectator in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race nearly brought the classic to a premature demise. The marvel was that only one spectator had been killed in the three races held up to that time. Demonstrating vision again, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. chartered the goal of a…
Dec 16 2011
A Family Inquiry: Jefferson De Mont Thompson- Chairman of the Vanderbilt Cup Commission

John S: "I've been doing some research on my family. Colonel Jefferson Dement (Demont) Thompson, my great-grandfather's nephew, is buried here at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. I'm sure he's the same Dement (Demont) that keeps "popping up" in my internet searches. Do you have any information on him?"
Aug 02 2010
Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway-Ground-Breaking Ceremony (June 6, 1908)
Apr 22 2010
Speakers at the 1908 Motor Parkway Ground-Breaking

As described yesterday, General Manager A.R. Pardington delivered William K. Vanderbilt Jr's keynote speech for the ground-breaking ceremony for the Long Island Motor Parkway on June 6, 1908. Four other distinguished speakers also gave presentations that day.
Apr 21 2010
The Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Long Island Motor Parkway- June 6, 1908

On June 6,1908, the Long Island Motor Parkway staged an official ground-breaking ceremony to commemorate the beginning of parkway construction. Shown here arriving at the site are Motor Parkway officials, guest speakers and other dignitaries on Jerusalem Road in Central Park (now Bethpage).
Mar 09 2010
From the Pardington Papers: Original Parkway Names and Toll Gate Locations

One of the real research treasures of the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races can be found at The Richard H. Handley Collection of Long Island Americana located in the Long Island Room at the Smithtown Library.The collection includes the historical documents of A.R. Pardington,…