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  • Film of the Week: “The Cool Hot Rod” (1953)
    Feb 07 2014

    Film of the Week: “The Cool Hot Rod” (1953)

    Dick Rowley has forwarded this link to a 26-minute 1953 film on creating a hot rod club in 1953. Ralph DePalma, winner of the 1913 and 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Races can be seen at the 13:18, 23:26, 23:40 and 23:49 marks. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto  #54 Solved: Officials of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
    Feb 06 2014

    Mystery Foto #54 Solved: Officials of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes

    This week's Mystery Friday Foto was looking for details on the historic photo of Herb Lytle winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes. (1 comments)


  • Herb Lytle Winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
    Feb 05 2014

    Herb Lytle Winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes

    AJ Lytle has requested images of his great great grandfather Herb Lytle, who participated in more races associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races (6) than any other driver. (0 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #44: Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Bridge in Bethpage
    Feb 05 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #44: Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Bridge in Bethpage

    The 44th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Jerusalem Road Bridge (now Stewart Avenue) in the Central Park (now Bethpage). (0 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Velocity Channel’s new Series “AmeriCarna”
    Jan 31 2014

    Video of the Week: Velocity Channel’s new Series “AmeriCarna”

    Last Tuesday, Discovery's Velocity Channel premiered its 10-part series AmeriCarna featuring Ray Evernham. On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the series will focus on the Vanderbilt Cup Races and automobile racing on Long Island. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #53 Solved: Clinton Road, the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Curtiss Field Circa 1926
    Jan 30 2014

    Mystery Foto #53 Solved: Clinton Road, the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Curtiss Field Circa 1926

    Milan G. Sharik, Jr. submitted this week's Mystery Foto...Another classic Long Island aerial. (3 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge
    Jan 28 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge

    The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge. (1 comments)


  • Images of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner: Louis Wagner
    Jan 26 2014

    Images of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner: Louis Wagner

    Several of my favorite Louis Wagner images and a film clip from the 1906 race. (1 comments)


  • The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
    Jan 22 2014

    The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy

    This press release showed George Vanderbilt and his wife examining the trophy for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at the Cartier factory. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
    Jan 22 2014

    Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge

    For the one-year anniversary of Mystery Foto Friday, the 52nd in the series was a unique previously published photo of the Motor Parkway. (1 comments)




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