Profile of Arthur See-Driver of the #44 Maxwell during the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes
Debra See Foss has posted a Comment on her grandfather on the 2008 "Calling all Vanderbilt Cup Race Families" post.
Debra See Post:
Information on my Grandfather Arthur See Vanderbilt Light weight racer 1908 Car Maxwell built in North Tarrytown,NY -# 44
Debra, here is what we currently know about your grandfather:
Wesley Arthur See was born in Tarrytown, New York on June 27, 1887 and died at the age of 76 years on July 31,1963.
See raced a Maxwell in the 1909 Lowell Race (9/6/1909)finishing 2nd and raced a Maxwell in the 1909 Riverhead Race (9/29/1909) finishing first.
As seen below See raced the #44 Maxwell during the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes, finishing third.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Arthur See driving the #44 Maxwell (left) at the start line.
Arthur See driving #N44 Maxwell at the Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow.
Arthur See at the Massapequa Lodge
Comments
Interesting middle photo, on the cover of the Arcadia Publication’s The Motor Parkway by Howard and Al Velocci show’s a Sept. 1908 view from the Camen Ave. ‘bridge’ East Meadow NY, (from the other side of photo) with a 1908 Buick Model 10 below on the road, that’s in a another article of this newsletter.