1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Feb 17 2020
Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a section of the planned original section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course.
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races?
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Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Jul 03 2019
Los Angeles Herald October 2, 1910: Harry Grant and his ‘Black Beast’ Alco & Tonight’s Fireworks
Chuck Camp has forwarded this October 2, 1910 Los Angeles Herald article documenting why Harry Grant's Alco was painted black.
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Jun 26 2019
Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup- America’s first internationally recognized road-race
The August 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car features an excellent review of the Vanderbilt Cup Races by Jeff Koch with the assistance of photos from my collection.
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Apr 10 2019
Historical Marker to Be Installed at the Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Site in East Meadow
As part of the pilot program for the Motor Parkway Trail, Nassau County Department of Public Works is planning to install a historical marker on the site of the Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway bridge in East Meadow.
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Feb 02 2019
The Alco “White Beast” in 1909
Ray Holmes has forwarded this never-before-published photo of Harry Grant in the Alco "White Beast". Based on 1909 articles also provided by Ray, the photo was likely taken before the Lowell Trophy Race held on the Merrimac Valley Course, Massachusetts on September 8, 1909.
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Jan 14 2019
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Owner of Paul Sartori’s FIAT
I challenged you to identify this prominent gentleman.
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Jan 09 2019
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Jericho Toll Lodge (Kiosk) in Mineola
In the seventh of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered Motor Parkway construction album, the Jericho Turnpike Lodge in Mineola is featured.
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Oct 29 2018
Mystery Foto #43 Solved:#7 Chalmers at the Hicksville Road Turn During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto is a classic scene during a Vanderbilt Cup Race.
