Tag: Helck%20family%20collection
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Illustration Magazine: The work of Peter Helck. (112 pages)
Tim Helck has forwarded the news that the current issue of Illustration is devoted solely to the work of his grandfather Peter Helck.
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Greg O’s Garage: Joe Tracy and the Society of Automotive Engineers
Once again, from the Helck Family Collection, more gems, this time in the form of Joe Tracy's engineering certificates, theĀ famed Vanderbilt Cup Race driver, and personal friend of Peter Helck.
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Greg O’s Garage: 85th Anniversary of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
On this day, October 12th, we celebrate the 85th anniversary of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Races at Roosevelt Raceway.
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Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Ralph DePalma at the Danbury Fair
Ralph DePalma was a regular exhibitionist at the Danbury fair in Connecticut.
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Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Barney Oldfield on Ormond Beach in his own words
Peter Helck and Barney Oldfield began a friendship shortly before Barney's passing
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Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Four Speed Merchants- Robertson, Christie, Strang and Oldfield at Atlanta Speedway in 1909
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Greg O’s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection- The 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The official Pan-Pacific Expo Program found in the Helck Family Collection archives provides insights into the Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Greg O’s Garage; From the Helck Family Collection: The official 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race program
The complete 1904 race program
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Greg O’s Garage: Wrecks of The Long Island Motor Parkway including a racer practicing for the 1925 Indy 500
There is much reported and documented about the race cars that crashed throughout the Cup races and trials, but much less is known about the hundreds of public accidents along the parkway.
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Greg O’s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Stocks and Bonds
Rare Stock and Bond certificates discovered in the Helck Family archives.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…