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Feb 25 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com CQI #4 (Comments, Questions and Insights)
Feedback and sharing of information are much appreciated on VanderbiltCupRaces.com . This fourth CQI post provides a sampling of recent comments, feedback and featured weekend car events on Long Island: (0 comments)
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Feb 24 2011
1955 Lincoln-Mercury Times Article “Granddaddy of Superhighways”
As described yesterday, the Lincoln-Mercury Times in 1955 published an article "The Granddaddy of Superhighways" by David Kahn with illustrations by Harvey Kidder. These are highlights of the article published 17 years after the Motor Parkway closed: (4 comments)
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Feb 23 2011
The Long Island Motor Parkway Paintings By Harvey Kidder
In 1955, the Lincoln-Mercury Times commissioned illustrator Harvey Kidder to paint five scenes of the Long Island Motor Parkway to accompany an article "The Granddaddy of Superhighways" written by David Kahn. Here are the five paintings with the captions used in the article and my suggested revised captions: (5 comments)
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Feb 22 2011
Favorite Website: Motorsnaps.com
This new favorite website Motorsnaps.com provides thousands of images of historic, vintage, classic and soon to be classic cars. Sample the website by viewing the information and photos of the four manufacturers that won the Vanderbilt Cup Races on Long Island: (2 comments)
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Feb 21 2011
Film “A Tribute to Bernd Rosemeyer- Winner of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
Girlracer.com of the United Kingdom has posted an article "Blast from the Past … Bernd Rosemeyer" including this touching two-minute tribute: (1 comments)
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Feb 21 2011
Archives: Alco Trucks
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com concerning Alco trucks: (2 comments)
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Feb 21 2011
Archives: Favorite Website: Vanderbilt Cup Races
Links to favorite websites related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races: (0 comments)
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Feb 21 2011
Archives: Favorite Websites: Long Island Motor Parkway
Links to favorite websites related to the Long Island Motor Parkway: (0 comments)
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Feb 19 2011
Scorecard Vanderbilia #1: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
A common piece of Vanderbilia for all six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island were scorecards providing information on the entrants. The scorecards usually included ads related to lodging, transportation and real estate: (0 comments)
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Feb 18 2011
A Series of Vanderbilt Cup Race Exaggerations by Malcolm Strauss
In 1904 and 1905 Automobile Topics magazine hired cartoonist Malcolm A. Strauss to create five "exaggerations of men who manage motors" for their issues featuring the Vanderbilt Cup Races: Jr.: (0 comments)
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