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Oct 25 2011
The 1910 Oldsmobile Vanderbilt Cup Racer: A Rebirth and Another Mystery
Last April, VanderbiltCupRaces.com helped solve an Oldsmobile photo mystery which appeared in the Lansing State Journal. As discussed, the photo showed two Oldsmobile entrants for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race displayed in front of the Downey House Hotel in Lansing, Michigan. The fascinating story of this Oldsmobile continues: (0 comments)
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Oct 24 2011
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #10 Commonwealth Boulevard Bridge in Queens
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the tenth bridge from the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) was a trestle bridge over Commonwealth Boulevard: (2 comments)
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Oct 22 2011
From the Noel Gish Collection: Postcards of the Vanderbilt Cup Races & Long Island Motor Parkway
Noel Gish has a collection of Long Island postcards which he used to help teach Long Island history to his classes at Hauppauge High School. Noel, now President of the Board of Trustees of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, has forwarded some of his favorite Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long Island Motor Parkway postcards: (3 comments)
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Oct 21 2011
Long Island Automotive Events, Updates & Recent Comments-Saturday, October 22, 2011
Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)
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Oct 20 2011
Anatomy of a Photo: Harry Grant Winning the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
One of my favorite photographs in the book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island captured the moment Harry Grant and Frank Lee won the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race. A closer look of the photo is revealing: (1 comments)
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Oct 19 2011
Then & Now: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
Seven Motor Parkway bridges were built for the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and the Vanderbilt Cup Race; including the bridge over Jerusalem Road (now called Stewart Avenue). As seen in this Then & Now, the bridge has been well documented over the last 103 years: (0 comments)
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Oct 18 2011
Profile: Lewis Strang- Driver of the 1908 Renault Racer
Lewis Strang’s life is an old-fashioned story of earning the American dream. Educated in private schools, he was a direct descendent of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam, best known for urging his troops at Bunker Hill, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” (0 comments)
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Oct 18 2011
Highlights of the J. Parker Wickham Memorial Car Show (2011)
While I was having fun clearing and cleaning up the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage last Staurday, my assistant John Cuocco brought the Black Beast to the First J. Parker Wickham Memorial Car Show in Cutchogue , New York. Here are highlights courtesy of John and Dotty Cuocco: (1 comments)
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Oct 15 2011
“Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day” a Big Success & Bridge History
Thirty-three men and women of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Model A Ford Club of Long Island experienced an exhilarating day restoring the Motor Parkway and the bridge in Old Bethpage Village Restoration. The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge is one of only two LIMP bridges still standing in Nassau County and was recently desecrated with graffiti and debris . Here are highlights of "Clean Up Day", a slideshow and a history of the bridge: (10 comments)
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Oct 14 2011
Long Island Automotive Events Update: Events, Updates & Recent Comments-Saturday, October 15, 2011
Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)
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