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Jul 02 2009
Off-Topic: Film “Krocky” (1977)
In 1977, Howard and Roz Kroplick made a 16-minute Super-8 film called "Krocky", a parody on the movie "Rocky" which won the Best Picture Academy Award in March 1977. The film is presented in two parts. (1 comments)
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Jul 02 2009
Hear and See the 1906 Broadway Musical “The Vanderbilt Cup”
Continuing last week's exploration of the 1906 Broadway musical The Vanderbilt Cup" starring Elsie Janis, I have discovered music from the show on an original piano roll and placed it on the soundtrack of this six-minute film. (3 comments)
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Jun 30 2009
June 2009 Highlights on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
VanderbiltCupRaces.com attained its third highest monthly viewership ever last month, averaging 92 unique daily visitors, a 38% increase over the 2008 average. The website has retained its #1 ranking among the 178,000 websites that appear for a Google search on "Vanderbilt Cup Races". (0 comments)
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Jun 30 2009
Blog Archives: 2009
Below are links to the VanderbiltCupRaces.com posts for 2009: (0 comments)
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Jun 30 2009
Then & Now: The Massapequa Lodge
Continuing our "Then and Now" series, this photo captured Old 16, the eventual winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, climbing the Long Island Motor Prarkway bridge over Massapequa-Hicksville Road. To the right is the Massapqua Lodge, one of the three John Russell Pope-designed toll lodges opened in 1908. (0 comments)
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Jun 27 2009
Then & Now: The Hairpin Turn in Old Westbury
One of the most exciting vantage points for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the Hairpin Turn at Wheatley Road and Old Westbury Road. Over 3,000 spectators crowded this Old Westbury turn named because its contour was reminiscent of the bend of a hairpin. (1 comments)
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Jun 27 2009
Film “The Levittown Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand”
Mush, I have several hundred photos of the races that went throught the heart of the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown, from 1908 to 1910. I will be more than happy to send you copies of some of my favorites. (3 comments)
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Jun 26 2009
18-Year Old Willie K.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was educated by private tutors and then attended St. Mark's Preparatory School in Southborough, Massachusetts, from 1894 to 1896. (0 comments)
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Jun 24 2009
Chevrolet Challenges Heath during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Louis Chevrolet in a FIAT challenging George Heath in a Panhard during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was captured in this dramatic photo published in the French publication Les Sports Modernes in October 1905. (0 comments)
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Jun 24 2009
Vanderbilt Cup Race Drivers on the Broadway Stage in 1906
Last week, a photo was posted of Elsie Janis on stage for the 1906 musical The Vanderbilt Cup. The above recently restored photo was taken during the same night as the drivers and mechanicians posed with Elsie Janis after the show. (1 comments)
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