1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
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Jan 10 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: The many options for the location of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Numerous locations were offered as the site of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Reasons varied but none eventually beat out Long Island. (0 comments)
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Oct 10 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #41 Solved: The M-35 Allen-Kingston, winner of the 1908 Meadow Brook Sweepstakes
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (8 comments)
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Aug 22 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: Track Announcer Peter Prunty in front of the 1908 Grandstands.
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (6 comments)
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Apr 02 2022
Treasures from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s historic photos are being posted online
LIU's Palmer School of Library & Information Science received a $1.5 million grant in 2016 to digitize materials in 80 local historical societies and museums. Several of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s personal photo albums have now been posted online by LIU. (5 comments)
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Mar 27 2022
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The $1,000 check for winning the 1908 Meadow Brook Sweepstakes
To encourage participation for the first races held on the Motor Parkway on October 10, 1908, $1,000 prizes were offered to the winners of the five 1908 sweepstakes. (5 comments)
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Jan 17 2022
Mystery Foto #3 Solved: The Bethpage State Parkway under construction in 1934-1935
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery aerial? (8 comments)
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Jan 10 2022
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The J11 Chalmers-Detroit at the Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage) on its way to winning the Jericho Sweepstakes
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (15 comments)
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Jul 07 2021
1908: The Great American Auto Race Comes to Woodbury
Historian Tom Montalbano has written a wonderful book on the history of Woodbury. With the assistance of VanderbiltCupRaces.com, one chapter highlights the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and its impact on this hamlet. (0 comments)
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Jun 28 2021
Mystery Foto #26 Solved : The J18 Mitchell racer driven by Frank Zirbes at the Start Line
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (6 comments)
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.