1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Jun 08 2020
Mystery Foto #23 Solved: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner George Robertson
Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Apr 22 2020
Update: From the Thayer Family Album: Four Photos of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
I recently purchased these photos on Ebay originally from the Thayer Family with the caption "1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race".
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Mar 07 2020
Vanderbilia: A Unique Scorecard for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The Home Insurance Company promoted its auto services in 1910 by publishing this unique scorecard for the 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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Dec 17 2019
Popular Mechanics (February 1938): George Robertson “Making of A Race Driver”
In a featured cover story in the February 1938 issue of Popular Mechanics (page 178), George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, wrote " The Rough Road to Glory". The article described what Robertson believed it takes to become a race driver while highlighting several of his race experiences.
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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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Jul 01 2019
Mystery Foto #26 Solved: The Dangerous Newbridge Avenue Bridge on 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured another important section of a Vanderbilt Cup Race course.
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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.
