1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Jan 01 2015
Search: Information and Photos of Franz Heim. Submitted by Kurt Heim (January 9, 2015)
Kurt Heim is looking for your help in finding photos and information on his great-grandfather Franz Heim, who drove the #8 Benz in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (4 comments)
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Dec 23 2014
Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Nov 22 2014
Favorite Website: A Treasure of 34,407 Automotive Photos Posted Online
The Detroit Public Library has posted 34,407 photos from their National Automotive Collection. (8 comments)
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Jun 15 2014
Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured on Velocity’s AmeriCarna Series
The Vanderbilt Cup Race episode of AmeriCarna will be shown on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 3:00 pm. (43 comments)
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Jun 09 2014
Mystery Foto #71 Solved: A Bust of Louis Chevrolet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a real bust! (10 comments)
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Apr 09 2014
The Seven Buicks of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Buick entered seven race cars in the Vanderbilt Cup Races and its associated sweepstakes from 1908 to 1910. (2 comments)
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Apr 08 2014
Then & Now: Deadman’s Curve in Bethpage (1908-2014) Updated: April 8, 2014
This "Then & Now" provides an updated view of the most famous curve on the Long Island Motor Parkway- the first Deadman's Curve in Central Park (now Bethpage). Over the last several months, PSE&G has been trimming trees in the area. The "Now" photos are amazing! (7 comments)
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Mar 12 2014
Carlo Demand and the Alco “Black Beast” on Long Island
In 2011, I met car rally enthusiast Steve McKelvie at the Lime Rock Historic Festival. I recently discovered two blog posts by Steve McKelvie concerning the Alco Black Beast. This SteveMcKelvie.com post focused on artist Carlo Demand's painting of the Alco Black Beast and the Corbin Cannonball during the 1910… (0 comments)
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Jan 28 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge
The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge. (1 comments)
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Dec 26 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16
The 42nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the "parkway" bridge over Wantagh Avenue in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (3 comments)
The school was known as the Division Avenue School at the time. The high school grades came later. The Class of 1960 was…