Tag: Roslyn
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Vanderbilt Cup Races & the Alco Black Beast To Be Highlighted on Tonight’s “Car vs America”
The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Alco Black Beast will be highlighted on a repeat episode tonight of Car vs America on Fusion TV.
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The Oldest Porcelain Road Signs in the United States Posted by the Long Island Automobile Club
Just months after being founded in October 1900, the Long Island Automobile Club posted 20" x9" porcelain road signs on the major Long Island roads. Each blue and white sign included the club's name and directions to the nearest village(s).
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George Robertson: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Who Helped Beautify Roslyn
While working on a Town Historian project last week on the history of Gerry Pond Park, I discovered that George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, played a major role in the development of the park.
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The Black Beauty Meets The Black Beast in Roslyn
Last week, the Black Beast teamed up with a special Gibson Les Paul "Black Beauty", one of the guitars used by the Pretenders' James Honeyman-Scott.
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Mystery Foto #72 Solved: Arthur Duray Driving the #18 Lorraine-Dietrich During the 1906 Race
Bill Bellmer, member of the Village of Garden City Planning Commission, forwarded this week's Mystery Foto.
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Images of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner: Louis Wagner
Several of my favorite Louis Wagner images and a film clip from the 1906 race.
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Vanderbilia Postcard Series #3. The Brooklyn Eagle Mineola Fair Post Cards of the 1906 Course
The third in the VanderbiltCupRaces.com postcard series was produced by the Brooklyn Eagle as souvenirs for the 1906 Mineola Fair. The postcards featured photos of the course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Update: A Historic Event: A Motor Parkway Director’s Horse Returns to Roslyn
The unveiling of a historic horse statue built for Clarence Mackay, an original director of the Long Island Motor Parkway and friend of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. was celebrated on Saturday, October 19, 2013.
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Updated: Long Island’s First Major Automobile Competition: The 1901 100-Mile Endurance Test
Three years before the first Vanderbilt Cup Race, the first major automobile competition on Long Island was a 100-year endurance test and a hill climb organized by the Long Island Automobile Club.
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The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island
Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…