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  • The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #12 Bethpage Lodge Updated 3/13/2017
    Oct 01 2014

    The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #12 Bethpage Lodge Updated 3/13/2017

    Going west to east, the 11th Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Bethpage Lodge located in Bethpage (now Old Bethpage). (6 comments)


  • Smiles and Thumbs Up from the 49th Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society  Fall Country Fair
    Sep 30 2014

    Smiles and Thumbs Up from the 49th Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Fall Country Fair

    The Black Beast generated many smiles and thumbs ups as it returned to the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Fall Country Fair last Saturday in Port Washington. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #87 Solved: A.R. Pardington at the 1905 Long Island Automobile Club Economy Run
    Sep 29 2014

    Mystery Foto #87 Solved: A.R. Pardington at the 1905 Long Island Automobile Club Economy Run

    This week's Mystery Foto featured a man associated with both the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway. (7 comments)


  • The Golf Courses Along the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Sep 27 2014

    The Golf Courses Along the Long Island Motor Parkway

    Golf writer Phil Carlucci for the website GolfonLongIsland has requested photos of the golf course that were adjacent to the Long Island Motor Parkway. (3 comments)


  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIV: Heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Sep 24 2014

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIV: Heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Since February 2013, automotive historian Walt Gosden has been documenting the restoration of the 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car built for Walter P. Chrysler as a gift for his wife Della. (2 comments)


  • Article: “1904 Vanderbilt Cup: Dark Horse- What Hope for the Pope-Toledo?”
    Sep 23 2014

    Article: “1904 Vanderbilt Cup: Dark Horse- What Hope for the Pope-Toledo?”

    Tony Kaye has forwarded this article concerning the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the #6 Pope-Toledo published in the November 1967 issue of Car Life. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #86 Solved: Antique Five Gallon Can Manufactured by George D. Ellis & Sons, Inc.
    Sep 23 2014

    Mystery Foto #86 Solved: Antique Five Gallon Can Manufactured by George D. Ellis & Sons, Inc.

    Noel Gish needed your help to identify this object that was donated to the Suffolk County Historical Society. (14 comments)


  • Upcoming Howard Kroplick & Chrysler’s Chrysler Events
    Sep 21 2014

    Upcoming Howard Kroplick & Chrysler’s Chrysler Events

    Current schedule of presentations and events. (8 comments)


  • New York Times: “Classics on 4 Wheels or 2 at the Radnor Hunt Concours”
    Sep 20 2014

    New York Times: “Classics on 4 Wheels or 2 at the Radnor Hunt Concours”

    New York Times reporter Fred Heiler has reviewed last Sunday's Radnor Concours d'Elegance with a shout-out to the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler. (2 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #50: The Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage
    Sep 17 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #50: The Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage

    The 50th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage. This "parkway" bridge was located just east of the Bethpage Lodge. (0 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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