1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Sep 04 2019
A Motor Parkway Director’s Second Horse Statue Returns to Roslyn High School
A second historic horse statue built for Clarence Mackay, an original director of the Motor Parkway and friend of Willie K., has been restored and being installed at Roslyn High School. (8 comments)
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Aug 05 2019
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Then & Now: A Roslyn Curve on the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
I threw a curve at you for this weekend's Mystery Foto. (8 comments)
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Jul 08 2019
Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Officials of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race and Reginald Vanderbilt
This weekend's holiday Mystery Foto featured four Vanderbilt Cup Race officials. (5 comments)
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Jun 26 2019
Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup- America’s first internationally recognized road-race
The August 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car features an excellent review of the Vanderbilt Cup Races by Jeff Koch with the assistance of photos from my collection. (3 comments)
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Jun 24 2019
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Lancia Taking a Manhasset Turn at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a prominent driver taking a turn. (17 comments)
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Apr 01 2019
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: A Unique 1906 Transverse V-4 Christie Front-Wheel Drive Engine
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before-published photo formerly from the Don C. Bouton Collection of a unique Vanderbilt Cup race car engine. (16 comments)
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Mar 26 2019
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: High-Resolution Photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
While looking through her great-grandmother's box of family memorabilia, Barbara Z. discovered seven Old Westbury photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. These photos, likely taken by Nathan Lazarnick or photographers from Spooner & Wells, are in perfect condition and will be presented in a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive series. (13 comments)
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Mar 25 2019
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: #6 Hotchkiss driven by Elliot Shepard Jr. in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto is a Vanderbilt Cup Racer who had a major impact on Long Island racing. (7 comments)
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Nov 03 2018
Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast. (14 comments)
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May 12 2018
The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races -Fred Wagner- Rediscovered in Smithtown
Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy… (14 comments)
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…