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Jan 26 2012
The 1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes Won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon
During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race, two other sweepstakes races (the Massapequa Sweepstakes and the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes ) were run simultaneously for commercially available stock cars. The Wheatley Sweepstakes had only four entrants for the "sub-class 3" stock cars with engines 231 to 300 cubic inches. The winner received a prize of $1,000. (1 comments)
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Jan 25 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
Leaving Lake Success and skipping Robert Moses' eastern Motor Parkway bridge over Northern State Parkway, the next target for our series is the Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown. The road was later renamed New Hyde Park Road. (10 comments)
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Jan 25 2012
Welcome to the New VanderbiltCupRaces.com!
VanderbiltCupRaces.com has been redesigned with new exciting features, galleries, profiles and search functions. Some highlights: (7 comments)
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Jan 23 2012
Walter P. Chrysler, the American Locomotive Company and a 1932 Newsreel
American Locomotive Company played a brief but important role in the career of a great American automobile executive Walter P. Chrysler. In December 1909, Chrysler's first manufacturing job was superintendent of the Pittsburgh Works plant of the American Locomotive Company. (0 comments)
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Jan 21 2012
From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of “Old 16”
When he was conservator at the Henry Ford Museum, Malcolm Collum was responsible for the care and maintenance of "Old 16". Now chief conservator at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Malcolm is sharing six classic "Old 16" images on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: : (2 comments)
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Jan 20 2012
Willie K’s Sister Consuelo Vanderbilt: The Duchess of Marlborough
William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s sister Consuelo, the Duchess of Marlborough (center wearing a white blouse) was among the 5,000 spectators gathered at the Mineola grandstand for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. A 2010 profile on kimmystyle.blogspot.com is reposted here, supplemented by images from my collection. (0 comments)
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Jan 19 2012
A 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Pennant Sold for a Record $10,625
A record price for a Vanderbilt Cup Race pennant was paid by a West Coast collector for a 1906 pennant at a Bonhams' Scottsdale Auction on Thursday. The item was sold as part of the estate of the late David E. Davis, Jr., widely regarded as the "dean of automotive journalists." (0 comments)
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Jan 18 2012
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills
Last month, Art Kleiner and two members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society went on another exploration for the ruins and remnants of our favorite historic road. This is Art's report as documented on Art's Long Island Motor Parkway Site . (3 comments)
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Jan 17 2012
Classic Photos of “Old 16” Locomobile
The most photographed car in all the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the 1908 winner "Old 16" Locomobile. Among my collection of over 250 "Old 16" images, these are ten of my favorites taken during the race: (0 comments)
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Jan 16 2012
Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: October 31, 2011): (2 comments)
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