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  • Mystery Foto #36 Solved: The P43 Racer Taking a Turn in the Hamlet of Jericho
    Sep 07 2020

    Mystery Foto #36 Solved: The P43 Racer Taking a Turn in the Hamlet of Jericho

    Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (7 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: A “True” 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustration
    Sep 05 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: A “True” 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustration

    This "Before Dawn" illustration was found in the Helck Family Collection with 1904 written on the back. Here is background on its artist Allen True and the illustration. (4 comments)


  • Video of the Week: The Vanderbilt Mausoleum at the Moravian Cemetery in Staten Island
    Sep 04 2020

    Video of the Week: The Vanderbilt Mausoleum at the Moravian Cemetery in Staten Island

    Michael Bodner has posted this 2018 YouTube on the final resting place for William K Vanderbilt, Jr. and the Vanderbilt family. (1 comments)


  • In Search of H. Dieter Holterbosch and his W.C. Bird’s Duesenberg
    Sep 02 2020

    In Search of H. Dieter Holterbosch and his W.C. Bird’s Duesenberg

    In 1962 H. Dieter Holterbosch purchased W.C. Bird's 1931 Duesenberg Speedster at the "Car Auction of the Century" on Long Island. I thought it would be fun to find out more about H. Dieter and what ever happened to his Duesenberg. (17 comments)


  • Update Mystery Foto #35 Solved: Jim Florida in the #9 Locomobile at the 1908 Founders Week Cup Race
    Aug 31 2020

    Update Mystery Foto #35 Solved: Jim Florida in the #9 Locomobile at the 1908 Founders Week Cup Race

    Dr. Meredith Jaffe challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)


  • Photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
    Aug 29 2020

    Photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes

    The Detroit Public Library has scanned additional images for their National Automotive History Collection. Below are photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes held on October 10, 1908- the opening day of the Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Video of the Week:The Original Andante Green Color of Tucker 1044 Discovered
    Aug 28 2020

    Video of the Week:The Original Andante Green Color of Tucker 1044 Discovered

    In December 2017, the original color of Tucker 1044 was discovered by Rob Ida, Mike Tucker and Sean Tucker at Ida Automotive in Morganville, New Jersey. Motor House Media documented the discovery in this one-minute video. (1 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Fred Wagner Hosting a 1915 Party
    Aug 26 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Fred Wagner Hosting a 1915 Party

    Beginning in 1911, Vanderbilt Cup Race starter, Fred Wagner, hosted an annual party on his Smithtown farm for those associated with the automobile industry. In 1915 over 100 invitations were given out. Food, sports and fun were the name of the game. All documents except as noted courtesy of The Motor World, September 29, 1915. (6 comments)


  • Then & Now- The Western Terminus to the 73rd Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
    Aug 25 2020

    Then & Now- The Western Terminus to the 73rd Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge

    Dee and Greg Oreiro last April decided to duplicate the 1970 Queens walking tour of J.J. Conroy as posted on Sam Berliner's Motor Parkway site. Fifty years after Conroy's tour, Dee and Greg explored the the Western Terminus. (8 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The N6 Cadillac Getting Ready to Start in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes
    Aug 24 2020

    Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The N6 Cadillac Getting Ready to Start in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes

    Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (11 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

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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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