Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Apr 03 2017
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: The Record-Breaking Run from Chicago to New York in October 1904
Bruce Duffie forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto featuring his grandfather Lawrence Duffie.
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Mar 08 2017
Screen Test Request: Film “Green Light: The Story Behind the Long Island Motor Parkway”
Filmmaker Dean Romano is inviting you to screen test and critique a working draft of his documentary "Green Light: The Long Island Motor Parkway".
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Jan 30 2017
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A View of #54 Lancia Crashing at the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Turn in 1910
Chuck Rudy, Jr. challenged you to identify this panoramic view of an accident from a Long Island Motor Parkway bridge.
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Jan 16 2017
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The Apperson Jack Rabbit Racer Built for the 1906 American Elimination Trial
Ronald Sieber challenged you to solve this Mystery Foto of a racer built specifically for a Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jan 14 2017
The Melton Museum of Norwalk, Connecticut (1948-1953)
James Melton (1904-1961) was a popular singer for over 30 years from the 1920s and had a successful career on stage, radio and film. Melton was also one of the most prominent early antique car collectors.
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Jan 11 2017
1954 American Automobile Album: “American Classic”
Tom Gibson has forwarded this Vanderbilt Cup Races article "American Classic" from the 1954 book American Automobile Album by William McGaughey.
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Dec 31 2016
The Top Twenty-Five 2016 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
In celebration of the upcoming New Year and the 315 posts placed on the website this year, here's a list of my top 25 posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com in 2016.
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Dec 17 2016
Helck Family Collection Treasure: The Layout and Design for the 1961 Book “The Checkered Flag”
Among the treasures in the Helck Family Collection are sketch books of the layout and design for Peter Helck's first book "The Checkered Flag". Here for the first time are the initial layouts for the proposed cover and chapters on the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Sep 05 2016
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Paul Osika, a great collector and seller of racing and automobile photos, challenged you to identify this veteran of Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Jul 25 2016
Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Krug’s Hotel in Mineola Circa 1912 Revised 7/26/2016
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another previously unpublished photo of a prominent building on the courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
