Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Nov 29 2022
The “Fast Brass” exhibit at the Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville, Georgia Part II

The wonderful Savoy Automobile Museum has forwarded information and images of their current "Fast Brass" exhibit which includes the Alco Black Beast. The exhibit runs through January 29, 2023. (0 comments)

Nov 29 2022
Database of the 97 known Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates- Updated: 3/15/2024

Among the most sought-after pieces of Vanderbilia are the porcelain Motor Parkway license plates. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates. (4 comments)

Nov 28 2022
Update: Mystery Friday Foto #48 Solved: The 1901 Riker Torpedo setting the one-mile land speed record for electrics in Coney Island

Did you identify this photo from November 16,1901? (15 comments)

Nov 26 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1st Automobile on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

Which car had the honor of being the first on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race course? (4 comments)

Nov 22 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Newly Discovered 1919 Blueprints of Camp Mills in Garden City

Long Island contractor Roy Knoernschild has once again generously donated more survey maps. This time, Roy discovered a 1919 Completion Atlas of Camp Mills in Garden City. The Atlas was given today to Bill Bellmer, the village historian of Garden City, for the Garden City Archives. (9 comments)

Nov 21 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #47 Solved: A 1930s English automobile ID plate made for the son of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.

Paul Rubery, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)

Nov 20 2022
Update-Cradle of Aviation Archives: The 1948 purchase of Aircooled Motors, Inc by Tucker Corporation from Republic Aviation

Josh Stoff, curator of the Cradle of Aviation, has forwarded this typed March 20, 1948 press release from the Tucker Corporation announcing the $1.8 million purchase of Aircooled Motors Inc. from Republic Aviation of Farmingdale, New York. (4 comments)

Nov 18 2022
This Sunday at 3:00 pm: Long Island Gilded Age In-Person Lecture: “A Tour of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Art Studio”

John LeBoutillier, Gertrude Whitney’s great-grandson, will present a lecture on “The Gilded Age: A Tour of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Long Island Studio,” on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Trinity Episcopal Church (1579 Northern Blvd., Roslyn, NY). (0 comments)

Nov 15 2022
The “Fast Brass” exhibit at the Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville, Georgia Part I

The wonderful Savoy Automobile Museum has forwarded information and images of their current "Fast Brass" exhibit which includes the Alco Black Beast. (0 comments)

Nov 14 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #46 Solved: A 1936 Long Island flyover surveying the Hempstead Plains by the Braman-Johnson Flying Service

Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Aerial? (7 comments)

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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.