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  • Mystery Foto #36 Unveiled: Christopher Morley’s Cat Teaches How to Draw A Map of Long Island in 1927
    Sep 10 2018

    Mystery Foto #36 Unveiled: Christopher Morley’s Cat Teaches How to Draw A Map of Long Island in 1927

    Bob Sargent, Village Historian of Roslyn Estates, challenged you to identity the author of a 1927 story which includes directions of how to draw a map of Long Island with the Motor Parkway. (13 comments)


  • Update #1: Time to Wail: The Western Wall of the Mayan Ruins is Gone
    Sep 08 2018

    Update #1: Time to Wail: The Western Wall of the Mayan Ruins is Gone

    Over the last year, several people have sadly reported the legal destruction of the western wall of the "Mayan Ruins" in Garden City as a result of the building of two new homes in this Garden City area. (18 comments)


  • A Chambers Profile: The Meadow Brook Polo Fields
    Sep 05 2018

    A Chambers Profile: The Meadow Brook Polo Fields

    As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #33, Lee Chambers has provided images and observations concerning the polo fields of the Meadow Brook Hunt and Polo Club. Lee grew up in Mitchel Field adjacent to the polo fields. (2 comments)


  • Ten Tucker Photos from Kimball Studios, Courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Sep 04 2018

    Ten Tucker Photos from Kimball Studios, Courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Kimball Studios, courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, have provided these ten Tucker photos from Pebble Beach week. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Two Record-Breaking Duesenbergs at the Long Island Automotive Museum in 1949
    Sep 03 2018

    Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Two Record-Breaking Duesenbergs at the Long Island Automotive Museum in 1949

    This weekend's Mystery Foto was discovered last week at Pebble Beach. (14 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:  The Historic Tucker d’Elegance in Big Sur
    Sep 01 2018

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:  The Historic Tucker d’Elegance in Big Sur

    Last Thursday, photographer Leo Mayorquin found a perfect location in Big Sur to record the 2018 Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance. Several of Leo's photos have likely documented a historic moment in automotive history- two Tuckers passing each other. (7 comments)


  • Congrats to Filmmaker George Lucas’ Tucker 1009
    Aug 31 2018

    Congrats to Filmmaker George Lucas’ Tucker 1009

    Congrats to filmmaker George Lucas and his Tucker 1009 Team for being awarded First in Class at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. (0 comments)


  • Video: Tucker 1044 at the Start of the 2018 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
    Aug 30 2018

    Video: Tucker 1044 at the Start of the 2018 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance

    This 90-second video documents the Tucker 1044 at the start of the 2018 Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance held on August 23, 2018. (0 comments)


  • Tucker 1044 Receiving its 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Award
    Aug 29 2018

    Tucker 1044 Receiving its 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Award

    Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has released its official photo of Tucker 1044 receiving its Second in Class Award. (11 comments)


  • Automobile Magazine: Best Cars of the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Aug 29 2018

    Automobile Magazine: Best Cars of the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Automobile Magazine polled its editors and contributors for their favorites at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. (0 comments)




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