Tag: Hicksville
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The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races on Long Island: The Role of Hicksville Updated: 11/22/16
Great turnout for tonight's special "Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races" presentation highlighting the role of Hicksville in the races. The program was sponsored by the Hicksville Historical Society and held in the Hicksville Public Library within walking distance of the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses for the 1904, 1909 and 1910 races.
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John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: Action in Hicksville During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
In the second post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album, Gladys Roosevelt, the daughter of John E. Roosevelt and the second cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt, captured accidents and breakdowns that occurred at her viewing location at Old Country Road in Hicksville.
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Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Brandon Sails, Art Director for the Saratoga Automobile Museum, has forwarded these previously unpublished photos of the Alco Black Beast during the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race. The photos are courtesy of the Alco Historical & Technical Society.
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More Photos of the Long Island Aviation Country Club by Alfred Eisenstaedt
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, here are additional photos of the Long Island Aviation Club and its members taken by the renown Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.
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Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937
Last weekend's Mystery Foto featured an airfield which was located near the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Article: “1904 Vanderbilt Cup: Dark Horse- What Hope for the Pope-Toledo?”
Tony Kaye has forwarded this article concerning the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the #6 Pope-Toledo published in the November 1967 issue of Car Life.
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Mystery Foto #51 Solved: A Section of the Clubhouse of the Aviation Country Club of Long Island
This week's Mystery Foto was another real challenge and probably the most unusual of the 51 Fotos that have been posted over the last year.
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Chaos at the Finish of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The primary goal of the newly built Long Island Motor Parkway for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was to keep crowds under control and off the course. Unfortunately, chaos once again prevailed at the end of a Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Cousins of Drivers Montague and Mortimer Roberts Reunited With the Help of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
On November 2, 2011, VanderbiltCupRaces.com published a post on driver Montague Roberts. Little did I know that it would help to reunite a family.
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Mystery Foto #29 Solved: The Long Island Aviation Country Club in Hicksville (Later Levittown)
Master detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this week's Mystery Foto.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…