Vanderbilt Cup Races

Jun 14 2021
Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (17 comments)

Jun 14 2021
Sad news: Ken Wiebke has passed

I am sad to report that Ken Wiebke, president of the Cadillac Club of Long Island, passed away earlier this month. (0 comments)

Jun 12 2021
Kleiners Korner: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race “Dip of Death”

One of the most dangerous parts of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the "Dip of Death", located near Spinney Hill in Manhasset. Robert Edgren illustrated these dangers in the Oct. 6, 1906 edition of The NY Evening World. (3 comments)

Jun 10 2021
Greg O’s Garage: The Vanderbilt Museum and mansion tour

Since being shutdown for over a year due to COVID, The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium is back open, giving tours and scheduling great shows at the planetarium. (4 comments)

Jun 08 2021
New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

I wrote this brief article for this week's Guide to New Hyde Park published by the New Hyde Park Herald Courier. (3 comments)

Jun 07 2021
Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (12 comments)

Jun 05 2021
Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has been packed up in Alabama and is headed north. (8 comments)

Jun 02 2021
The 1954 Carnival of Cars parade down Fifth Avenue

To promote the opening of their Carnival of Cars Museum in July 1954, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and investor Robert W. Dowling held a parade of vintage automobiles down Fifth Avenue from the Plaza Hotel to the Astor Theater. (4 comments)

Jun 01 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A U.S. Army Signal Corps (Mineola) Scrapbook

The U.S. Army Signal Corps established a base in Mineola in 1916. First Lt. P.R. Stockton (1880-1962) was stationed there as a member of the First Aero Squad and recorded his time in photographs in a scrapbook he compiled throughout his military service. The scrapbook is in the archives of the National Air and Space Museum and available on the website of the Smithsonian Institute. (4 comments)

Jun 01 2021
Off-Topic: Nine Years Ago on June 1: A New York Met Memory

It is June 1st so its time to relive this unforgettable Met Memory. (3 comments)