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Dec 04 2020
Film of the Week: 1960 Antique Automobile Rally to The Museum of The City of New York
This 8-minute film documented an antique automobile rally to The Museum of The City of New York on April 24, 1960. The rally was held on Fifth Avenue and led by Henry Austin Clark, Jr., owner of the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York. (6 comments)
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Dec 02 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: A So-Called Vanderbilt Production Appears on Stage in 1907
Besides "The Vanderbilt Cup" production on Broadway starring Elsie Janis, another play named "The Auto Race" also made use of auto racing as its theme during 1907 and 1908. And as with "The Vanderbilt Cup, this production used racers and other cars as props on stage. (3 comments)
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Dec 01 2020
A New 1946 View of the Broad Hollow Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
A former Motor Parkway explorer Pat Masterson (now residing in Florida) has forward a new view of the bridge over Broad Hollow Road and Cross Island Trolley courtesy of the Dave Keller Archive. (4 comments)
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Nov 30 2020
Mystery Foto #48 Solved: The 1954 Roosevelt Raceway Parade Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (16 comments)
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Nov 28 2020
Update: Photos of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Philadelphia Free Library
These 11 photos are courtesy of the Automotive Reference Collection of the Philadelphia Free Library. (17 comments)
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Nov 27 2020
Film of the Week: Care-Free Cars (1956) Starring Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
This six-minute film starred Henry Austin Clark. Jr. and was shot at his Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York and throughout the village in 1956. (3 comments)
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Nov 24 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: “On the Road to the Cup Race”
In this article that appeared in the March, 1907 edition of "The Outing", author Ralph D. Paine relays the excitement leading up to and during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the viewpoint of someone not necessarily a race enthusiast. Along with illustrations, it is a very compelling read. The full text is provided at the end of this post (best viewed with Safari). (1 comments)
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Nov 23 2020
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Cradle of Aviation Archives? (11 comments)
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Nov 21 2020
Exclusive: VanderbiltCupRaces.com and Cradle of Aviation to Digitize Thousands of Previously Unpublished Long Island Historic Photos
I am pleased to announce that VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Cradle of Museum have reached an agreement to digitize thousands of negatives and glass plates that will further document the history of Long Island. (18 comments)
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Nov 21 2020
Favorite Website: The David Rumsey Collection of Long Island Maps
Joel Friedman, archivist at the Cradle of Aviation, recommends the David Rumsey Map Collection website for all you map lovers. The website provides 123 interactive maps of Long Island. (1 comments)
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