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Apr 27 2011
Then & Now: Central Park (Bethpage)
It was a great turnout last night at the Bethpage Public Library. A total of 73 people attended the presentation "The Motor Parkway, Vanderbilt Cup Races and Central Park" hosted by the library and the Central Park Historical Association. Here are five "Then & Now" images from the presentation. (0 comments)
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Apr 26 2011
Help Solve the Motor Parkway Mysteries of Central Park
The Central Park Historical Society and the Bethpage Public Library will be co-sponsoring a presentation The Long Island Motor Parkway, the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and Central Park" tonight beginning at 7:30 PM. (0 comments)
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Apr 23 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate
One of the most elusive pieces of Vanderbilia are the special radiator plates to signify entrants practicing for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the associated Sweepstakes races. Although these plates were documented to exist, I believe no one had actually ever seen them...until my favorite co-author Al Velocci examined this photo of three 1910 Abbott Detroits posted on April 12, 2011. (4 comments)
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Apr 22 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Forum #10- Saturday, April 23, 2011 (News, Events, Comments & Feedback)
Feedback and sharing of information are much appreciated on VanderbiltCupRaces.com . Today's Forum provides news, this weekend's car events (weather permitting), book reviews and recent comments on the clean-up of the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge: (0 comments)
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Apr 21 2011
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #1: The Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights
Art Kleiner, a member of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, is one of the best chroniclers of our favorite historic road. In November 2010, Art explored and found remnants of the Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights. Here is a summary of his findings posted on Art's Long Island Motor Parkway website. (2 comments)
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Apr 20 2011
From the Hank Wieand Bowman Collection: Vanderbilt Cup Races (1915-1937)
Hank Wieand Bowman was considered the premier author of boating articles in the 1950s. Bowman also wrote several books on automobiles including; "Sports Cars in Competition" and "Famous Old Cars". In developing his research, he accumulated a large collection of automobile and boating photos. Tony Sundstrom has forwarded several Vanderbilt Cup Race photos from the Bowman Collection: (2 comments)
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Apr 19 2011
Hemmings Automotive Pioneers: Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
The June 2011 issue of Hemmings Classic Car included a profile of Henry Austin Clark, Jr. by Jim Donnelly: (2 comments)
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Apr 18 2011
Then & Now: The “Meadowbrook” Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow
One of the first bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway was captured in a 1939 aerial view in last Sunday's post. Here's a Then & Now of the curved "Meadowbrook Bridge" in East Meadow built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race: (2 comments)
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Apr 16 2011
Midget Auto Racing at Roosevelt Raceway in 1939
Only two major road races were ever held at the Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury- the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. As described in Joel E. Finn's book American Road Racing The 1930s, "there was no future for Roosevelt Raceway as an automobile racing facility... two strikes and out". However, this Fairchild aerial looking southeast shows that auto racing was not quite dead at Roosevelt Raceway in 1939. (12 comments)
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Apr 15 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Forum #9 -Saturday, April 16, 2011 (News, Comments, Feedback & Events)
Feedback and sharing of information are much appreciated on VanderbiltCupRaces.com . Today's Forum provides the car events being held this weekend and a sampling of recent comments and feedback: (0 comments)
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