Tag: Henry%20austin%20clark%20jr
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Kleiner’s Korner: A Commemorative 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Stamp Designed by Walt Gosden
Discovered in a 1982 publication of "The Best of Old Cars Weekly" was a Henry Austin Clark, Jr. story of a never to be issued stamp commemorating the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the winning racer "Old 16". Here is the story behind the stamp as told by its creator…
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Road & Track September 1966: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and his 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa
The September 1966 issue of Road &Track featured this cover article "Ferraris: Oldest & Newest". The article featured the Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa 004C owned by Henry Austin Clark, Jr. from 1965 to 1973.
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Film of the Week: 1960 Antique Automobile Rally to The Museum of The City of New York
This 8-minute film documented an antique automobile rally to The Museum of The City of New York on April 24, 1960. The rally was held on Fifth Avenue and led by Henry Austin Clark, Jr., owner of the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York.
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Film of the Week: Care-Free Cars (1956) Starring Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
This six-minute film starred Henry Austin Clark. Jr. and was shot at his Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York and throughout the village in 1956.
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Film of the Week: Henry Austin Clark, Jr Being Interviewed on Automotive Technology in 1968
This rare news clip features Henry Austin Clark, Jr. being interviewed on the state of automobile technology by a New York City television station in 1968 at Chase Bank in Manhattan. Several of Clark's vintage automobiles can be seen at the beginning of the film.
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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: New York Islanders Celebrating Their First Stanley Cup Championship in Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s Old 32
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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The 1948 Press Release Announcing “The Opening of the New Long Island Automotive Museum”
Gary Hammond has forwarded the official press release announcing the opening of the Henry Austin Clark, Jr.'s Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. The release included a description of Clark's car collection featuring the 1908 Thomas Flyer.
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Mystery Foto #29 Partially Solved: A Homan Motor Vehicle Trophy Owned by Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Automotive historian Walt Gosden still needs your assistance to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto of a trophy given to him by Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
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Joe Tracy at the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton
While in his late 70s and early 80s, veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy worked for Henry Austin Clark, Jr. at the Long Island Automotive Museum. Thanks to Walter McCarthy, several images and a video of Tracy at the museum have survived.
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The Winning Thomas Flyer at the Long Island Automotive Museum
As requested by Sam Berliner III, this is a photo of the 1907 Flyer that won the 1908 New York to Paris Race in the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. Courtesy of Walter McCarthy.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…