Vanderbilt Cup Races

Feb 27 2021
Film of the Week: A Tour of Historic Lake Ronkonkoma

Lee Chambers has forwarded this 14-minute YouTube created in 2018 by the Town of Smithtown as part of their "Historic Smithtown" series. (5 comments)

Feb 24 2021
A great-grandson recalls his family’s Bulls Head Hotel, Auto & Wagon Shed located in Bulls Head (North Roslyn, Greenvale)

On the roslynlandmarks.org website, Fred Blumlein fondly recalls Bulls Head Hotel, his great-grandfather's hotel and auto and wagon shed, which was located on the corner of Glen Cove Road and Northern Boulevard in Bulls Head (later North Roslyn and now Greenvale). Fred's information is reposted here. (0 comments)

Feb 23 2021
Frederick Ogden Beach-“bosom friends” with Willie K’s father

As a follow-up to last week's Mystery Foto, I recalled the above photo of F.O. Beach. (0 comments)

Feb 22 2021
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Birdie, Sears and Beach at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (11 comments)

Feb 20 2021
Crankshaft: Preston’s Prodigy

With the permission of Crankshaft publisher and editor-in-chief Richard Lentinello, here are the images from the 16-page cover article "The Incredible Restoration and History of Tucker #44." (0 comments)

Feb 19 2021
Video of the Week: Long Island’s Hidden History: The Long Island Motor Parkway

As part of his Long Island Hidden History YouTube series, Christian Barba last month posted a 14-minute episode focusing on our favorite parkway. (4 comments)

Feb 17 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge

Following numerous accidents near the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City, village officials and Nassau County in 1938 agreed to dismantle the bridge and its abutments. (4 comments)

Feb 16 2021
A rare 1936 amateur film of airplanes at Roosevelt Field

Earlier this month I purchased a 19-minute amateur 16 mm film of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. A big surprise was this rare one-minute color clip of airplanes taking off and landing at Roosevelt Field. (2 comments)

Feb 16 2021
Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello’s new quarterly magazine, is available for orders

Richard Lentinello has announced that his new high-quality collector-car quarterly publication Crankshaft is available for orders. "The incredible Restoration and History of Tucker #44" has the great honor of being the cover article for issue #1. (14 comments)

Feb 15 2021
Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie’s K’s Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor

Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)