LI Automotive Museum
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Sep 24 2011
Walter McCarthy Collection: A Tribute to Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Walter McCarthy has provided more photos of his friend Henry Austin Clark, Jr., founder of the Long Island Automotive Museum, author and a Long Island automobile collector icon. Here are some new images and several of my favorites previously posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com:
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Aug 06 2011
Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum
Although the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton closed and abandoned over 30 years ago, most of the museum's buildings are still standing. Here is a "Then & Now" with recent "Now" photos and many "Then" images from the collection of Walter McCarthy:
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Aug 02 2011
Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum: Ford Town Cars
Don Watson: "We are looking for postcards showing the Model T Ford Towncar"
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Jul 21 2011
Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum: Duesenbergs (1929-1930)
The Long Island Automotive Museum offered a wide array of related merchandise including; jewelry, label buttons, photos, model car kits, china and series of postcards. As described in this brochure , provided by Walter McCarthy, there were over 500 cars postcards published featuring the cars of "Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and other noted collections". Here are six Duesenberg (1929-1930) postcards:
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Jul 01 2011
Archives: Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum
Links to posts related to postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum (Updated: August 2, 2011):
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May 24 2011
Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum: Alcos
The Long Island Automotive Museum offered a wide array of related merchandise including; jewelry, label buttons, photos, model car kits, china and series of postcards. As described in this brochure , provided by Walter McCarthy, there were over 500 cars postcards published featuring the cars of "Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and other noted collections". Here are three Alco postcards:
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Apr 19 2011
Hemmings Automotive Pioneers: Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
The June 2011 issue of Hemmings Classic Car included a profile of Henry Austin Clark, Jr. by Jim Donnelly:
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Nov 19 2010
Classic Memories of The Long Island Automotive Museum II The 1963 & 1980 Auctions
The quarterly publication of the Metro Region of the Classic Car Club of America Metropolitan Skyline published three articles in 2010 on Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Long Island Automotive Museum. In the third article, editor Grace Gluck described the 1963 and 1980 auctions at the Long Island Automotive Museum documented with photos taken by Norman Arbour:
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Nov 09 2010
Memories of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
A great VanderbiltCupRaces.com contributer Walter McCarthy has provided more photos of his friend Henry Austin Clark, Jr., author and a Long Island automobile collector icon:
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Aug 02 2010
Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum (#13-17)
The Long Island Automotive Museum offered a wide array of related merchandise including; jewelry, label buttons, photos, model car kits, china and series of postcards. As described in this brochure , provided by Walter McCarthy, there were at least four series of postcards published featuring the cars of "Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and other noted collections". Here are five more postcards (#13-17) from one of the series. Remember to click on the image to enlarge it.
