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Mar 23 2024
The Irish Volunteers at the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Author and Mitchel Field historian Paul R. Martin III's wonderful excerpt from his book 'Beneath the Shadows of Wings' about the Irish Volunteers and the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1 comments)
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Mar 20 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Three Unbridged Motor Parkway Crossings
Three never built Motor Parkway bridges in the Half Hollow Hills area. (3 comments)
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Mar 19 2024
The 1937 Chrysler’ Chrysler is heading back to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
I am pleased to announce that the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car has been formally invited to the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. (4 comments)
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Mar 19 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #11 Solved; The Petit Trianon Construction in Lake Ronkonkoma
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify the Petit Trianon under construction. (12 comments)
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Mar 16 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com cited in the “Nation of Speed” exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
The website has been cited as a contributor to the ongoing "Nation of Speed" exhibit, a collaboration between National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. (1 comments)
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Mar 15 2024
Updated: My Long Island Motor Parkway License Plate Collection (3/15/2024)
Among the most sought-after pieces of Vanderbilia are the porcelain Motor Parkway license plates. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates. (14 comments)
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Mar 12 2024
A Lodge Keeper’s 1933 Motor Parkway Plate
Bill Cruickshank has forwarded this image of his grandfather's 1933 Long Island Motor Parkway plate. (0 comments)
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Mar 12 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #10 Solved; Theodore Roosevelt goes for an automobile ride
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (17 comments)
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Mar 09 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 5
This is our 5th article focusing on never-before-published color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum. Richard Weir took these images between 1958 and 1962 during repeat visits to the beloved automotive museum. (5 comments)
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Mar 08 2024
Hagerty.com: A 1903 Mercedes Simplex is Amelia 2024’s Oldest, Most Expensive, and Best Car
Hagerty.com has documented the most expensive automobile sold last week in Amelia Island last week- a121-year old Mercedes Simplex similar to the one driven by Willie K. (0 comments)
Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.