Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved: A Crowd Gathers at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this crowd gathered for a speech?
Identify;
- The location
The grandstands for the Vanderbilt Cup Race on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury.
Following the conclusion of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was asked to address his friends and race officials at the Westbury grandstand
- Date
October 6, 1906
- The 3 men in the center of the crowd
Clarence Mackay was seen in the middle between William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (left) and Vanderbilt Race Commission Chairman Jefferson De Mont Thompson (right).
As listed in the 1906 prospectus, Clarence Mackay was an original director/incorporator of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
- Link the 3 men to the Vanderbilt Cup Races/Motor Parkway
As listed in the 1906 prospectus, Clarence Mackay was an original director/incorporator of the Long Island Motor Parkway. See below. Thompson was the VCR Commission Chairman
- Impossible Kudos- Identify the gentleman in the hat
Only 3 men in the photo are NOT wearing a hat!
‘Congrats to Steve Lucas and Frank Femenias for solving this weekend’s mystery photo.
Greg O.
Comments
The location is at the grandstands for the Vanderbilt Cup Race on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury. The date would be October 6, 1906. The three men are Willie K. (who needs no link); Clarence Mackay, friend of Willie K. and $5,000.00 investor in the LIMP; and Jefferson DeMont Thompson, chairman of the Vanderbilt Cup Commission and Treasurer of the LIMP. Regarding the hats, with the exception of the gentlemen on either side of Willie K., they’re ALL wearing hats.
Willie K, Clarence MacKay (Harbor Hill), and Jefferson DeMont Thompson (chairman of the races) at the results of 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, location at the grandstand at Jericho Tpke just west of Powells Lane, Westbury NY. Oct 6, 1906
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