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  • Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck Recalls the Greatest Vintage Car Event in Long Island’s History
    Jul 21 2018

    Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck Recalls the Greatest Vintage Car Event in Long Island’s History

    Among the treasures discovered in the Helck Family Collection is an unedited 128-page biographical document written by Peter Helck. In the first post from these memoirs, Peter Helck recalls the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on Long Island. (9 comments)


  • Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Reveals Another Piece of Long Island History in Garden City
    Jul 18 2018

    Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Reveals Another Piece of Long Island History in Garden City

    Mystery Foto #28 has uncovered a piece of Long Island history. Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer notes "the aerial shows the Camp Mills Base Hospital remains, one of my local specialties. The image you posted is better than any other that I have." (11 comments)


  • On the Road to Pebble: The Unique Tucker Cyclops Headlight
    Jul 17 2018

    On the Road to Pebble: The Unique Tucker Cyclops Headlight

    Rob Ida, Mike Tucker and Sean Tucker have posted videos and images of the working Tucker 1044 Cyclops headlight with a "very rare NOS Westinghouse bulb". (4 comments)


  • Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: A 1931 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Mineola
    Jul 16 2018

    Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: A 1931 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Mineola

    Author Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this spectacular Long Island aerial. (27 comments)


  • Favorite Website: NYCityMap - New York City’s Online Map and Aerial Portal
    Jul 14 2018

    Favorite Website: NYCityMap - New York City’s Online Map and Aerial Portal

    Tom Padilla has forwarded a link to NYCityMap, which provides a wealth of information on all properties within New York City. The amazing map type feature on the website offers New York City and the Long Island Motor Parkway aerials from 1924 to 2012. (0 comments)


  • Update #1: Seven Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Members Help to Preserve a Town Landmark
    Jul 14 2018

    Update #1: Seven Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Members Help to Preserve a Town Landmark

    Seven members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society helped to clean and restore the historic Monfort Cemetery in Port Washington last Saturday. . (4 comments)


  • Art Student Jaron E. Newton Awarded the Second Peter Helck Scholarship in Realism
    Jul 13 2018

    Art Student Jaron E. Newton Awarded the Second Peter Helck Scholarship in Realism

    Congratulations to Jaron E. Newton as the 2018-2019 recipient of the Peter Helck Scholarship at the Art Students League of New York. (0 comments)


  • Vanderbilia: The Old 16 Locomobile Spoon
    Jul 11 2018

    Vanderbilia: The Old 16 Locomobile Spoon

    While searching through my Vanderbilia display case, I rediscovered this Old 16 Locomobile spoon. I have no idea who manufactured it and why. Can anyone help? (3 comments)


  • Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
    Jul 09 2018

    Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

    The town historian of North Hempstead (me) challenged you to identify the automobile in this vintage ad. (22 comments)


  • On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
    Jul 07 2018

    On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044

    Rob Ida has provided the first video of the newly painted Andante Green Tucker 1044- its original color. (5 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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