1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
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May 08 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #18 Solved: Herb Lytle winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
Did you identify this weekend's mystery racer? (4 comments)
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Apr 03 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #13 Solved: #J13 Maxwell and #G28 Sharp-Arrow competing in the 1908 Sweepstakes at the Bloomingdale Road Motor Parkway Bridge
Did you identify these two racers going head to head? (9 comments)
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Feb 25 2023
Greg O’s Garage; Photographs from the James L. Breese Photo Albums
Denver photographer Mark Sink has forwarded snapshots from his great-grandfather James L. Breese's photo albums. (6 comments)
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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)
