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  • Mystery Fotos #50 Solved: Old 16 and The Beast in Bridgehampton (1951-1952)
    Dec 14 2015

    Mystery Fotos #50 Solved: Old 16 and The Beast in Bridgehampton (1951-1952)

    This weekend's Mystery Fotos featured two unique vehicles that were photographed at the same location. (16 comments)


  • Updated: Walter McCarthy Collection: Then & Now- The Long Island Automotive Museum
    Dec 12 2015

    Updated: Walter McCarthy Collection: Then & Now- The Long Island Automotive Museum

    Eric Shaffer and Dan Kretzer recently visited the site of the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton and documented its current condition. I have combined their "Now" photos with "Then" photos from the Walter McCarthy Collection. (21 comments)


  • Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 11 2015

    Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    The British Movietone Archives has posted this 49 second news clip of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)


  • Hemmings Motor News: A Walk in the Park- The 2015 Lime Rock Concours d’Elegance
    Dec 09 2015

    Hemmings Motor News: A Walk in the Park- The 2015 Lime Rock Concours d’Elegance

    The January 2016 issue of the Hemmings Motor News features highlights of the Sunday in the Park Concours d'Elegance at Lime Rock held last September. (1 comments)


  • New England Historical Society: Harry Grant Wins the Vanderbilt Cup
    Dec 08 2015

    New England Historical Society: Harry Grant Wins the Vanderbilt Cup

    The New England Historical Society has posted this profile of Harry Grant, the only driver of the Alco Black Beast. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16
    Dec 07 2015

    Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Charles Addams and his wife Barbara Jean in Southampton Updated:10/30/16

    Walter McCarthy challenged you to solve this Mystery Foto from his Long Island Automotive Museum collection. (9 comments)


  • The Morning Call: America on Wheel’s art deco car exhibit: Stylish steel
    Dec 06 2015

    The Morning Call: America on Wheel’s art deco car exhibit: Stylish steel

    Lehigh Valley's The Morning Call has posted an article on the America on Wheels Museum's exhibit "The Harmony of Form & Function". (0 comments)


  • Holiday Gift of the Week: Old 16 Tin Can Art Coffee Mug
    Dec 04 2015

    Holiday Gift of the Week: Old 16 Tin Can Art Coffee Mug

    Steve Wasserman has produced a coffee mug featuring a reproduction of his father's amazing tin can art painting of "Old 16" during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (1 comments)


  • A Colorized  Photo of the #23 American that Raced in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 02 2015

    A Colorized Photo of the #23 American that Raced in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Sam Berliner III has forwarded a link to a colorized photo of a Vanderbilt Cup racer posted on the American Photo Colorizing blog. (3 comments)


  • Walter McCarthy Collection: The Opening Year of the Long Island Automotive Museum (1948)
    Dec 01 2015

    Walter McCarthy Collection: The Opening Year of the Long Island Automotive Museum (1948)

    Walter McCarthy, prominent Long Island automobile collector and Henry Austin Clark, Jr.'s friend for over 25 years, has provided his extensive files and photos of the Long Island Automotive Museum. First in this series are documents and photos from 1948. (8 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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