1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Jun 24 2019
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Lancia Taking a Manhasset Turn at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a prominent driver taking a turn.
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Apr 01 2019
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: A Unique 1906 Transverse V-4 Christie Front-Wheel Drive Engine
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before-published photo formerly from the Don C. Bouton Collection of a unique Vanderbilt Cup race car engine.
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Mar 26 2019
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: High-Resolution Photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
While looking through her great-grandmother's box of family memorabilia, Barbara Z. discovered seven Old Westbury photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. These photos, likely taken by Nathan Lazarnick or photographers from Spooner & Wells, are in perfect condition and will be presented in a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive series.
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Mar 25 2019
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: #6 Hotchkiss driven by Elliot Shepard Jr. in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto is a Vanderbilt Cup Racer who had a major impact on Long Island racing.
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Nov 03 2018
Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast.
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May 12 2018
The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races -Fred Wagner- Rediscovered in Smithtown
Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy Wagner.
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Feb 17 2018
Helck Family Collection: The 1942 Bill of Sale From Joseph B. Sessions for Old 16
Another gem of the Helck Family Collection treasure is the original January 30, 1942 bill of sale transferring the 1906 Old 16 Locomobile from the estate of Joseph B. Sessions to Peter Helck .
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Feb 07 2018
Vanderbilts and Whitneys Convene in West Palm Beach
John LeBoutillier, the great-grandson of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and a relative of William K. Vanderbilt Jr., has forwarded a New York Social Diary article on a recent gathering of descendants and friends of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
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Feb 03 2018
Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck’s Illustrated Wagner Envelopes
The great racing artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, for 13 years from 1947 to 1960. This friendship was marked by a multitude of correspondence between Montlhery, France and Millerton, New York, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner.
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Dec 27 2017
Book “Monzanapolis”: Vincenzo Lancia
The second excerpt from Aldo Zana's book "Monzanapolis- The Monza 500 Miles-The endless America-Europe challenge" features a brief summary of Vincenzo Lancia.
