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  • Flying Boat/Seaplane of the Week: Grumman G-21 Goose “Duckling” (NC-1692) Owned by E. Roland Harriman
    May 05 2020

    Flying Boat/Seaplane of the Week: Grumman G-21 Goose “Duckling” (NC-1692) Owned by E. Roland Harriman

    This week's Flying Boat/Seaplane is the Grumman G-21 Goose G-21 "Duckling" amphibian built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Long Island's Bethpage for financier E. Roland Harriman. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #18 Solved : A Train Passing the Mineola LIRR  Motor Parkway Bridge Heading East
    May 04 2020

    Mystery Foto #18 Solved : A Train Passing the Mineola LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge Heading East

    Dave Morrison challenged Motor Parkway and LIRR fans to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (17 comments)


  • Today’s Classic Car Tribute Cruise to NUMC, East Meadow, 5:00 pm Monday, May 4, 2020
    May 04 2020

    Today’s Classic Car Tribute Cruise to NUMC, East Meadow, 5:00 pm Monday, May 4, 2020

    Art Kleiner documented today's Classic Car Tribute Cruise to NUMC. Congrats! (2 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: “Good Roads Magazine” - Motor Parkway Construction Details
    May 02 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: “Good Roads Magazine” - Motor Parkway Construction Details

    "Good Roads Magazine" began publishing in the 1890s and advocated for better roads and highways, initially for bicyclists and then for automobilists. Early on it was the official organ of the League of American Wheelmen. Issues in 1908 described the construction details of the Motor Parkway including banked roads, the clearing of trees with dynamite and reinforcement of the roadbed. (1 comments)


  • Hemmings: Ford designer Gale Halderman, the last of the original Mustang design team, dies
    Apr 30 2020

    Hemmings: Ford designer Gale Halderman, the last of the original Mustang design team, dies

    Automobile design icon Gale Halderman died at the age of 87 on April 29, 2020. It was an honor to meet Gale in 2018 at the AACA Museum and show him the 1963 Mustang III. (0 comments)


  • Sammy & Dave’s “Excellent 2020 Vanderbilt Day”: Scouting the South Side of Westbury Avenue in Mineola/Carle Place
    Apr 29 2020

    Sammy & Dave’s “Excellent 2020 Vanderbilt Day”: Scouting the South Side of Westbury Avenue in Mineola/Carle Place

    Not surprisingly, the planned  2020 adventures of Sammy and Dave Russo, our favorite Motor Parkway son and father exploring team, have been suspended.  However, Dave Russo was able to scout out  this Motor Parkway location for future exploration...hopefully this year. (4 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in Maps - Part IV
    Apr 28 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in Maps - Part IV

    Part IV in the map series includes maps primarily published in the touring guides of the Automobile Club of America (ACA). The ACA's publications were first named The Club Journal (approx. 1919+) and later Motor Travel (approx. 1916+). (12 comments)


  • Updated: Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Meadowbrook Polo Club Bridge over the Motor Parkway
    Apr 27 2020

    Updated: Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Meadowbrook Polo Club Bridge over the Motor Parkway

    Bill Cruickshank and Greg O. challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto taken by Bill's grandfather Otto McCamish. (37 comments)


  • Flying Boat/Seaplane of the Week: Sikorsky S-42B Pan American Clipper III (NC-16736)
    Apr 25 2020

    Flying Boat/Seaplane of the Week: Sikorsky S-42B Pan American Clipper III (NC-16736)

    This weekend's Flying Boat/Seaplane is the historic Pan American S-42B Clipper III, built by Sikorsky at Stratford, Connecticut and delivered in mid-1937.  (5 comments)


  • Update: From the Thayer Family Album: Four Photos of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Apr 22 2020

    Update: From the Thayer Family Album: Four Photos of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    I recently purchased these photos on Ebay originally from the Thayer Family with the caption "1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race". (6 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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