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Aug 21 2017
Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World’s Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School
Last weekend's Mystery Foto was one of my all-time favorites- an 16-foot x 80-foot 1937 map. (19 comments)
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Aug 21 2017
The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon
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Aug 20 2017
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Planned Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Speedway
A recently discovered survey shows that in August 1909 a 5.5- mile Motor Parkway speedway loop was designed for the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (1 comments)
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Aug 18 2017
A Very Special Message from Professor Pau Medrano Bigas -Our Friend in Barcelona
In wake of yesterday's Barcelona terrorist attack, I sent a message to Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, a wonderful contributor to VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (1 comments)
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Aug 16 2017
The Featured Car at the 1981 Hershey AACA National Fall Meet- The Tucker ‘48 #1044
Each year the Hershey Region AACA selects one automobile to be featured at their annual National Fall Meet in October. In 1981, the Tucker '48 #1044, owned then by Les Schaeffer of Steelton, Pennsylvania, was selected as the 1981 "display car". (1 comments)
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Aug 15 2017
The Mystery Mercedes Owned by the Astor Family Found in Berlin, Germany
Karl-Helmut Larkamp, Managing Director of vintage car dealer Thiesen Berlin GMBH has identified the Mystery Mercedes first posted on VanderbiltCupRaces in 2011. (6 comments)
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Aug 14 2017
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank
Art Kleiner, Paula S. and her son Jeff challenged you again to identify this 1950 image of our favorite parkway. (22 comments)
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Aug 14 2017
The Alco Black Beast Makes an Appearance on the History Channel Tonight
The Alco Black Beast makes an appearance this week on Part 1 of the History Channel's new series "The Cars that Made America". I once again play Alexander Winton racing Henry Ford. (2 comments)
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Aug 12 2017
When Walter T. Shirley Was Selling the “Former Vanderbilt Estate” in Ronkonkoma Updated
While researching the Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway for my September 12th presentation, I came across this 1943 real estate ad selling quarter acres from the "former Vanderbilt Estate". Here is the story behind Long Island Acres owned by Walter T. Shirley. (3 comments)
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Aug 09 2017
Profile Series: Tucker 1003- Formerly Owned by Bill Petit and George Lucas
In the fourth of our profile series on the 51 Tuckers, Tucker '48 #1003 is featured, once owned by museum owner Bill Petit and producer/director George Lucas. (1 comments)
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