Tag: Peter Helck
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Sep 28 2013
Then & Now: The Garden City Hotel
Since 1901 the largest and grandest hotel on Long Island was the Garden City Hotel... a perfect choice for a VanderbiltCupRaces.com "Then & Now".
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Aug 13 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #36:The Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow Updated:2/18/16
The 36th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow.
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Feb 20 2013
The 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds
In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island.
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Feb 12 2013
Article: “The Cup Races- Recollections of 1904-1905-1906” by Joe Tracy
VanderbiltCupRaces.com contributor Walter McCarthy has forwarded this July 1944 article by driver Joe Tracy published in Veteran Motor Car Club of America's Bulb Horn. Illustrations were provided by the prominent artist Peter Helck.
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Jan 08 2013
Mechanician Joe Marx in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Jack T: "I was going through some of my Dad's (age 87) pictures and found two photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. It appears my great-grandfather, Joe Marx, was a mechanic for the #7 car driven by William Luttgen. "
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Feb 28 2012
A Recently Rediscovered Peter Helck Painting “Bulls Head Turn”
Jim Blanchard has forwarded an image of this spectacular Peter Helck painting.
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Feb 23 2012
Peter Helck’s “1908 Giant’s Despair Hill Climb” Original Painting For Sale
An original Peter Helck painting of William Haupt driving the Chadwick Six at a 1908 Wilkes-Barre Hill Climb is available for sale at the l'art et l'autombile website. Haupt drove the Chadwick at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Feb 18 2012
Verifying an Original Peter Helck Painting
Anne R: "I have acquired what I believe is a fantastic original Peter Helck painting and I was wondering if you could help me verify its authenticity? Thank you in advance for your consideration."
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Dec 27 2011
Article “The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race” by Peter Helck
For the 1948 Veteran Motor Club of America Antique Auto Show, prominent artist Peter Helck, then owner of "Old 16", wrote an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Races for the official program. Supplemented by photos from the book "Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island", this is Helck's colorful description of the 1909 race:
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Mar 31 2011
Peter Helck’s Packard Gray Wolf Cover Painting for The Packard Cormorant
In celebration of their Silver Anniversary, the Packard Club commissioned Peter Helck in 1978 to create a special cover painting for The Packard Cormorant, their official magazine.
