1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Dec 30 2014
From the Luttgen Album: Driver Foxhall Keene Taking the Turn at Colyers Corner in Plainview
This is another gem from the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race album of driver William Luttgen provided by his grandson Robert Luttgen. It is the first documented Vanderbilt Cup Race photo discovered that was taken at Colyers Corner in Plainview.
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Dec 27 2014
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:The 1908 Race Album of William Luttgen & William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
William Luttgen participated in four Vanderbilt Cup Races, three as a driver (1904, 1906, and 1908) and one as a mechanician (1905). Today, I met with his grandson Robert Luttgen of Key Biscayne, Florida, who brought along a rare photo album of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Dec 15 2014
Mystery Foto #98 Solved:The #4 Chadwick on the Ellison Road RR Bridge During 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Frank Femenias has forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto that he discovered while searching the Detroit Public Library's National Automotive Collection.
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Dec 06 2014
The Vintage Automobiles of the 80th Anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Walter Gosden provides the second post of a series on the 80th Anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race with a focus on ten participating vintage automobiles.
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Nov 29 2014
Memories of the Long Island Old Car Club and the 80th Anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Walter Gosden provides this first post of a series on the Long Island Old Car Club and its celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Nov 24 2014
Mystery Foto #95 Solved: Louis Chevrolet and Joe Nelson Preparing for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto was courtesy of the Detroit Public Library Digital Collections.
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Nov 22 2014
Favorite Website: A Treasure of 34,407 Automotive Photos Posted Online
The Detroit Public Library has posted 34,407 photos from their National Automotive Collection.
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Oct 08 2014
Nassau County Historical Society Journal: Foxhall P. Keene and His “Life of Pure Delight”
Richard A. Winsche has written a profile of Foxhall P. Keene in the Volume 68, 2013 issue of The Nassau County Historical Society Journal. Keene, a resident of Old Westbury, was the hometown favorite in the 1905 and 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Oct 01 2014
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #12 Bethpage Lodge Updated 3/13/2017
Going west to east, the 11th Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Bethpage Lodge located in Bethpage (now Old Bethpage).
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Aug 04 2014
Mystery Foto #79 Solved: Bethpage State Parkway Under Construction In 1935
August has arrived, so it was time to focus on this week's Long Island aerial taken on August 11, 1935.
