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Jul 30 2013
Updated: Long Island’s First Major Automobile Competition: The 1901 100-Mile Endurance Test
Three years before the first Vanderbilt Cup Race, the first major automobile competition on Long Island was a 100-year endurance test and a hill climb organized by the Long Island Automobile Club. (8 comments)
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Jul 30 2013
Then & Now: Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
This brief film shows the dramatic changes on Long Island over the last 100 years comparing sections of the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses (1904-1910) to recent views. (3 comments)
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Jul 29 2013
Mystery Foto #26 Solved: George Robertson’s Accident During the 1906 American Trial
This week's Mystery Foto comes from the collection of Paul Osika, one of my favorite Hershey vendors. (10 comments)
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Jul 27 2013
“Austie” Excerpts from “The Kingdom of the Kid: Growing Up in the Long-Lost Hamptons”
In his recent memoir "The Kingdom of the Kid" about growing up of the East End from 1967-1972, author Geoff Gehman has a chapter on Henry Austin Clark, Jr. (9 comments)
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Jul 24 2013
One of Yachting’s Dozen: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Alva
In 2011, the editors of Yachting magazine selected 12 "yachts that we love" including Willie K's yacht which he used for expeditions from 1931 to 1935. (13 comments)
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Jul 23 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #34: The Merrick Avenue Bridge in Westbury/East Meadow
The 34th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the parkway bridge over Merrick Avenue connecting Westbury and East Meadow. (5 comments)
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Jul 22 2013
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Salisbury Park Drive in East Meadow/Salisbury in the 1940s and Much More
My favorite co-author Al Velocci submitted this challenging Mystery Foto of the remnants of the Motor Parkway in East Meadow/Salisbury. (Courtesy of the Nassau County Museum Archives.) (11 comments)
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Jul 20 2013
Then & Now: The Hempstead Control For the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Joe Oesterle: Do you know exactly where these old pictures (of the Hempstead Control) were taken? (5 comments)
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Jul 17 2013
A New View of the Great Neck Lodge in Lakeville (Lake Success) Circa 1911
This is a high-resolution view of the Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success taken around 1911. Breaking down the image into segments provides show insight into the lodge. (5 comments)
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Jul 16 2013
The Hempstead Control in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race consisted of ten laps of the 30-mile course with controls in Hicksville and Hempstead. (4 comments)
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