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  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights for First Half of 2014
    Jul 01 2014

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights for First Half of 2014

    For the first six months of 2014, a total of 60,383 unique viewers have visited the VanderbiltCupRaces.com, a daily record average of 331 and a 23% increase over the first six months of 2013. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #74 Solved: The C.K.G. Billings “Farnesworth” Garage in Locust Valley
    Jun 30 2014

    Mystery Foto #74 Solved: The C.K.G. Billings “Farnesworth” Garage in Locust Valley

    Steve Babinsky provided this week's Mystery Foto of an estate garage located in Nassau County which is still standing today. (16 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Rog Patterson’s Memories of the 1951 Bridgehampton Races
    Jun 28 2014

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Rog Patterson’s Memories of the 1951 Bridgehampton Races

    Rog Patterson has forwarded these wonderful memories of the 1951 Bridgehampton Races. (5 comments)


  • Was the First Parkway Fast Food Restaurant Located in Central Park (Bethpage)?
    Jun 24 2014

    Was the First Parkway Fast Food Restaurant Located in Central Park (Bethpage)?

    Frank Femenias found this 2010 article by Rosalie Walsh Niemczyk on the Foran Family House located right off the Motor Parkway in Central Park (now Bethpage). (15 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
    Jun 23 2014

    Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead

    Gary Hammond forwarded this amazing aerial for this weekend's Mystery Foto. (18 comments)


  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
    Jun 21 2014

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months

    For the last 16 months, automotive historian Walt Gosden has been documenting the restoration of the 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 Town Car built for Walter P. Chrysler and his wife Della. In the eleventh installment of the series, Walt describes the current state of the restoration with two months until the restored automobile's debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. (16 comments)


  • Another VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 1908 Local Pride Cup Presented to George Robertson
    Jun 18 2014

    Another VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 1908 Local Pride Cup Presented to George Robertson

    A viewer has forwarded this never before published photo of a cup given to driver George Robertson and requested background information. (0 comments)


  • Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough: A Real Downton Heiress
    Jun 17 2014

    Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough: A Real Downton Heiress

    In 1895, Consuelo Vanderbilt, 18-year old sister of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr, was "encouraged" by her mother Alva to marry Englands's Duke of Marlborough. In a 2010 post in MailOnline, author Tony Rennell suggested Consuelo was one of the real American "Downton heiresses" who married into and saved the British aristocracy. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #72 Solved: Arthur Duray Driving the #18 Lorraine-Dietrich During the 1906 Race
    Jun 16 2014

    Mystery Foto #72 Solved: Arthur Duray Driving the #18 Lorraine-Dietrich During the 1906 Race

    Bill Bellmer, member of the Village of Garden City Planning Commission, forwarded this week's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured on Velocity’s AmeriCarna Series
    Jun 15 2014

    Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured on Velocity’s AmeriCarna Series

    The Vanderbilt Cup Race episode of AmeriCarna will be shown on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 3:00 pm. (43 comments)




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Apr 30 2026 Thanks for these maps.  In 1914 W. K. Vanderbilt Sr. commissioned a mansion, stables an garage at Jericho. It was called…

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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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