1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Oct 25 2014
Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field and Sonny Corleone
In my quest to discover Motor Parkway images over the last 11 years, I have uncovered many great aerials of nearby Mitchel Field Air Force Base taken from 1924 to the the present. (7 comments)
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Feb 28 2014
Film of the Week: “Tazio Nuvolari Wins Vanderbilt Cup (1936)”
Éclair-Journal in 1936 released this 26-second movie news clip on the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)
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Jan 22 2014
The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
This press release showed George Vanderbilt and his wife examining the trophy for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at the Cartier factory. (0 comments)
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Jan 14 2014
When Tazio Nuvolari Drove A Sprint Car In Ozone Park
After winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Tazio Nuvolari and the Italian team had one more week in the New York area before sailing back to their home land. In the February 2008 issue of Automobile, Tony Kaye documented their trip to the Cross Bay Speedway in Ozone Park. (1 comments)
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Dec 23 2013
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Aerial of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway
After last week's difficult Mystery Foto, here was an easy one. (3 comments)
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Dec 06 2013
Video of the Week: Italian Film “Nuvolari Wins the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Field”
Cinecittà Luce Institute, an Italian film company, has posted this rare film of Tazio Nuvolari winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury. (0 comments)
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Aug 24 2013
Then & Now: The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
For the revival of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in 1936, a new Vanderbilt cup was designed and produced by Cartier. (1 comments)
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Aug 12 2013
Mystery Foto #28 Solved:Then & Now- Courses for the 1936 and 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Races
This week's Mystery Foto was a "Then & Now" printed in a press release for the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (7 comments)
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Jul 30 2013
Then & Now: Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
This brief film shows the dramatic changes on Long Island over the last 100 years comparing sections of the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses (1904-1910) to recent views. (3 comments)
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Jun 10 2013
Mystery Foto #19 Solved: Aerial of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race & Site of Lindbergh’s Takeoff
This aerial was taken during the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at the "new" Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury. (12 comments)
