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  • Mystery Foto #16 Solved: Harry Grant Driving the #1 Isotta During the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Apr 23 2018

    Mystery Foto #16 Solved: Harry Grant Driving the #1 Isotta During the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a photo error in the 2016 book "The Gilded Age in New York (1870-1910)". (6 comments)


  • Documenting A 1950 Melville Driveway-The Former Entrance to the Huntington Lodge
    Apr 21 2018

    Documenting A 1950 Melville Driveway-The Former Entrance to the Huntington Lodge

    After documenting her childhood home (the moved Huntington Lodge) last month, Maureen Standish provides new evidence that the driveway to her home was the former entrance to the Motor Parkway. (7 comments)


  • Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” VIII: Wheatley Heights & Dix Hills (Half Hollows Hills)
    Apr 18 2018

    Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” VIII: Wheatley Heights & Dix Hills (Half Hollows Hills)

    In the eighth post of the "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" series, Dave Russo and his then 11-year old son Sammy explored the Motor Parkway around the location of Conklin Road (Wheatley Heights) and Bagatelle Road (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills). (4 comments)


  • Never Before Published Photos of the Long Island Automotive Museum
    Apr 17 2018

    Never Before Published Photos of the Long Island Automotive Museum

    Mike Vargas provided these photos of the Long Island Automotive Museum at the recent Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society meeting. (11 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #15 Solved: A 1908 Long Island Racing Scene at Bethpage’s Deadman’s Curve I
    Apr 17 2018

    Mystery Foto #15 Solved: A 1908 Long Island Racing Scene at Bethpage’s Deadman’s Curve I

    This weekend's Mystery Foto captured a memorable Long Island race at a memorable location. (19 comments)


  • Highlights from Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting: The Grand Vanderbilt Estates
    Apr 14 2018

    Highlights from Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting: The Grand Vanderbilt Estates

    Over 65 members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society had a wonderful evening last Thursday discussing Motor Parkway projects and listening to author and historian Paul Mateyunas' presentation The Grand Estates of the Gold Coast. (4 comments)


  • Hemmings Motor News: Pony Expressions- There’s a herd of unusual Mustangs at museums
    Apr 10 2018

    Hemmings Motor News: Pony Expressions- There’s a herd of unusual Mustangs at museums

    The 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car received a nice shout-out in author Michael Milne's article on unusual Mustangs in the May issue of Hemmings Motor News. (0 comments)


  • Updated: Mystery Foto #14 Solved: The Northern State Parkway Under Construction in 1932
    Apr 09 2018

    Updated: Mystery Foto #14 Solved: The Northern State Parkway Under Construction in 1932

    Kleiner's Korner (Art Kleiner) challenged you to solve this Mystery Foto aerial. (15 comments)


  • Updated: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” VII: Ruland Rd & Colonial Springs Rd
    Apr 07 2018

    Updated: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” VII: Ruland Rd & Colonial Springs Rd

    In the seventh post of the "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" series, Dave Russo and his 11-year old son Sammy explored the Motor Parkway around the location of the Ruland Road (Melville) and Colonial Springs Road (Wheatley Heights). (4 comments)


  • The “Damsel” Who Helped Design the Interior of the Tucker ‘48
    Apr 04 2018

    The “Damsel” Who Helped Design the Interior of the Tucker ‘48

    Meredith Jaffe has forwarded information on Audrey Moore Hodges, who helped design the interior of the Tucker '48 automobile. Hodges was recently profiled in a new book by Constance A. Smith Damsels in Design. (0 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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