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  • Hold the Date: Rescheduled Book Signing  on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Book Revue in Huntington
    Jan 01 2014

    Hold the Date: Rescheduled Book Signing on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Book Revue in Huntington

    Question: What do Jane Pauley, Rocco DiSpirito, Cameron Diaz, Snooki Polizzi, Alicia Silverstone, Rick Springfield and Howard Kroplick have in common? (1 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Archives for December 2013
    Dec 31 2013

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Archives for December 2013

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com attained 7,620 unique viewers in November 2013, representing an average daily viewership of 246. For full-year 2013, a total of 95,206 unique viewers have visited the website, a daily average of 260 and a 9% increase over prior year. (0 comments)


  • The Top Twenty 2013 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
    Dec 31 2013

    The Top Twenty 2013 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

    In celebration of the upcoming New Year, here's a look back at my top posts placed on VanderblitCupRaces.com in 2013. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 30 2013

    Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    The final Mystery Foto of 2013 was a previously unpublished image and a bit of a challenge. (6 comments)


  • Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile  Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 28 2013

    Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    In celebration of its surprising third place finish in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Locomobile Company of Bridgeport , Connecticut published a series of 12 postcards showing the #7 racer driven by Joe Tracy and Al Poole. (4 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Holiday Sights and Sounds at the Vanderbilt Museum (2011)
    Dec 27 2013

    Video of the Week: Holiday Sights and Sounds at the Vanderbilt Museum (2011)

    In 2011, Chris Collora reported on the special holiday events at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, New York. (1 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16
    Dec 26 2013

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16

    The 42nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the "parkway" bridge over Wantagh Avenue in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (3 comments)


  • Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2014!
    Dec 23 2013

    Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2014!

    Enjoy the holidays! (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Aerial of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway
    Dec 23 2013

    Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Aerial of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway

    After last week's difficult Mystery Foto, here was an easy one. (3 comments)


  • The Vanderbilt Cup Race Fantasy Team
    Dec 21 2013

    The Vanderbilt Cup Race Fantasy Team

    Wiliam K. Vanderbilt Jr loved competitive sports and was a member of his St. Mark's Preparatory School's football team (first row, far right). (0 comments)




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