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  • Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Vanderbilia

    Below are related links to Vanderbilia on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: February 1, 2012) (0 comments)


  • Archives: Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911)
    Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911)

    Index to posts related to the Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911) Updated: December 1, 2011 (0 comments)


  • Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges- Nassau County

    Links to posts related to the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (Updated: January 25, 2012): (0 comments)


  • Archives: Films & Videos- Long Island Automotive Museum
    Oct 31 2011

    Archives: Films & Videos- Long Island Automotive Museum

    Links to posts related to films and videos related to the Long Island Automotive Museum (Updated: August 4, 2011): (0 comments)


  • Highlights from the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade
    Oct 31 2011

    Highlights from the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade

    The First Annual Motor Parkway Parade was successfully held last Sunday. Celebrating the completion of the Lake Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway, the event was organized by the Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association and had been previously rained out on August 7, 2011. Some highlights: (2 comments)


  • Race Profile: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race- The First Use of A Checkered Flag
    Oct 29 2011

    Race Profile: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race- The First Use of A Checkered Flag

    No greater evidence of the success of the Vanderbilt Cup Race emerged than when popular culture embraced it. (0 comments)


  • Oct 29 2011

    Long Island Automotive Events and News-Saturday, October 29,  2011

    Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)


  • Alco Historical & Technical Society Introduces The Alco Memories 2012 Calendar
    Oct 27 2011

    Alco Historical & Technical Society Introduces The Alco Memories 2012 Calendar

    The Alco Historical & Technical Society has introduced its Alco Memories 2012 Calendar. It features 12 beautiful photos of Alco trains and the Alco Black Beast as photographed by George Gravel, an AHTS board member. (1 comments)


  • The 1910 Oldsmobile Vanderbilt Cup Racer: A Rebirth and Another Mystery
    Oct 25 2011

    The 1910 Oldsmobile Vanderbilt Cup Racer: A Rebirth and Another Mystery

    Last April, VanderbiltCupRaces.com helped solve an Oldsmobile photo mystery which appeared in the Lansing State Journal. As discussed, the photo showed two Oldsmobile entrants for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race displayed in front of the Downey House Hotel in Lansing, Michigan. The fascinating story of this Oldsmobile continues: (0 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #10 Commonwealth Boulevard Bridge in Queens
    Oct 24 2011

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #10 Commonwealth Boulevard Bridge in Queens

    When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the tenth bridge from the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) was a trestle bridge over Commonwealth Boulevard: (2 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

Apr 15 2026 Sorry for the late reply. The car is a 1908 Pope-Hartford, presumably the 30hp model M. The date of the car supports the 1908…

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