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Nov 04 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Taking “The Vanderbilt Cup” Musical on the Road
Besides Elsie Janis starring in "The Vanderbilt Cup" on Broadway, the musical comedy was performed throughout the United States with the automobile race scene and drivers often promoted as the main attractions. (0 comments)
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Nov 02 2020
Mystery Foto #44B Solved: A 1942 Photo of the Little Neck Parkway Motor Parkway Bridge
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto? (19 comments)
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Oct 30 2020
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Voted Best Blog on the North Shore
Blank Slate Media, the publisher of Great Neck News, Manhasset Times, NHP Herald Courier, Port Washington Times, Roslyn Times and Williston Times and its website The Island Now, has announced that VanderbiltCupRaces.com was voted by its readers as the 2020 Best Blog on the North Shore. (9 comments)
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Oct 28 2020
Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
As a friend of William k. Vanderbilt, Jr. and a member of high society, Clarence Mackay had a premium seat to watch the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. With the assistance of master mapper Frank Femenias, the Roslyn (now East Hills) location of Mackay's long demolished Harbor Hill estate is explored below. (14 comments)
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Oct 27 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
These recently found photos were taken during the 1908 construction of the Motor Parkway and were taken by George Grantham Bain, who by 1905 had amassed one million photographs. (17 comments)
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Oct 26 2020
Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1996 of the Entrance and Exit Ramps to Springfield Boulevard at the Rocky Hill Lodge Site
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Mystery Motor Parkway Foto. (16 comments)
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Oct 24 2020
The Classic Car Magazine: The Wallis Bird Estate Classics
The Fall 2020 issue of The Classic Car magazine featured nine classic cars from the Wallis Bird Estate in an article by Chris Summers. All nine classics were sold at the 1962 "Car Auction of the Century" at the Farnesworth Garage in Locust Valley. (23 comments)
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Oct 23 2020
Your Opportunity to Win An Exclusive Tour of My Automobile Collection
In support of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, I am offering the a tour of my automobile collection at the "New Beginning's Auction". The virtual auction runs from October 19, 2020 to November 16, 2020: (0 comments)
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Oct 21 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Two Cars that Didn’t Make it to the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Automobile makers saw the Vanderbilt Cup Races as an opportunity to promote their cars to an enthusiastic and growing audience. However, while having good intentions, this didn't necessarily translate into reality. (4 comments)
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Oct 20 2020
The Motor Parkway Billboard on Horace Harding Boulevard in 1934
Following up on the great detective work from David Stephan, Al Velocci and Art Kleiner, the Motor Parkway billboard on the north side of Horace Harding Boulevard as seen in 1934 is presented here. (2 comments)
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