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  • Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy  and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”
    Oct 21 2019

    Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage
    Oct 19 2019

    Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage

    Margaret Norris has reported on this Wednesday night's special program at the Bethpage Public Library in the Bethpage Newsgram and Mid-Island Times. (2 comments)


  • Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway
    Oct 16 2019

    Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway

    In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner has obtained maps and surveys (1938-1968) from the Nassau County Department of Public Works detailing the plans for Motor Parkway after it closed in 1938. (9 comments)


  • Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance
    Oct 15 2019

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler's Chrysler participated in last Sunday's wonderful Americana Manhasset Concours d'Elegance. Tucker 1044 was honored with the Trendsetter Award. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
    Oct 14 2019

    Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)


  • Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award
    Oct 12 2019

    Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com was honored last night by the Society for Automotive Historians with the E.P. Ingersoll Award for excellence in presentation of automotive history in other than print media. (14 comments)


  • 1947 Tucker ‘48 Ad: The Surprise Car of the Year
    Oct 09 2019

    1947 Tucker ‘48 Ad: The Surprise Car of the Year

    This 1947 newspaper ad was one of the earliest promotions for the Tucker '48. It highlights the earliest planned features of the automobile. (2 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville Over Time
    Oct 08 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville Over Time

    In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner further explores the farmway bridge in Melville. (16 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Pintail Elementary School in Levittown Built on the Motor Parkway
    Oct 07 2019

    Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Pintail Elementary School in Levittown Built on the Motor Parkway

    Columnist Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (27 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Engines of the 1906 American Elimination Trial Racers
    Oct 05 2019

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Engines of the 1906 American Elimination Trial Racers

    In another VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive, below are never-before-published photos of the engines for several racers that were entered in the 1906 American Elimination Trial. The photos were formerly from the Don C. Boulton Collection. (4 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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