Vanderbilia Postcard Series #1: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Ron M. Jr: "I love the site. Thank you for your hard work on it. I am a Long Island postcard collector and am wondering if you have a complete 'checklist' of the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup postcards that were produced. I have a few and am interested in learning more about the cards. Any help would be appreciated."
Ron, thanks for the feedback! I do not have a complete list of the Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway postcards. However, your request has triggered an idea for a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series- Vanderbilia Postcards.
Below are 12 postcards issued by the Locomobile Company after the #16 Locomobile became the first American car to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 24, 1908.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
At the Starting Line
On the Course
On the Long Island Motor Parkway
At the Finish Line
After the Race
Comments
Great photos!
Cool shots- Hey can we buy reprints of the cards ? Great work on this website !
Excellent & enjoyable pictures….
I’m back!! Still no computer,need a new one,trying to keep up with what’s going on here. Didn’t miss too much,luckily. The mystery Fridays have been pretty good.
i live near commack rd and vanderbilt pkwy but for the life of me i can not figure out
how the parkway and commack rd crossed paths without any overpass or underpass, and the locations of the toll houses do not give a clue as to how anyone entered the
parkway without interference from busy (for then) commack rd…....any clues anyone
thanks….kevin
From Art Kleiner:
From the Peter Helck Family Collection comes this letter from friend Al Nagle indicating purchase of a set of the Locomobile postcards.
I have 8 post cards from the October 24 1908 race, is there any value in these.