Vanderbilt Cup Races

This meeting was held at “Deepdale”, the estate of the founder of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and builder of the Long Island Motor Parkway, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. The light colored racer facing away from the camera could be Willie K.‘s 1905 Mercedes that he used in the 1905 Ormond-Daytona Races. If that’s true, then I’ll date the photo as 1905. Maybe the meeting is to discuss plans for that year’s Vanderbilt Cup Race.

From Mystery Foto #20 Solved:A 1905 Meeting at William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Deepdale Estate Updated: 5/23

Garden City Hotel which served as the headquarters of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
That’s Willie K’s 1905 90 hp Mercedes with the oversized shield over the dashboard.
Other vehicles might have been owned by Foxhall Keene, Robert Graves and John B. Warden of the German race team who were at the hotel for a redrawing of the race order. 
Willie raced his Mercedes in the 1905 Ormand Beach as #1.
Photo taken in 1905 as that’s when the redrawing took place. 

From Mystery Foto #20 Solved:A 1905 Meeting at William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Deepdale Estate Updated: 5/23

I believe the cars are lined up in front of the Garden City Hotel.  I think that the board meetings of the Vanderbilt Cup Races were held there.  I can’t say I know much about the cars. 
Sorry I missed the car show today. 

From Mystery Foto #20 Solved:A 1905 Meeting at William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Deepdale Estate Updated: 5/23

Forgot to ask - is it known to whom this particular car was originally sold?  Sam, III
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Howard Kroplick I
Sam III, I believe no one has a record of the original owner.

From Antique Automobile: 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer

I could swear each spark(ing) plug is bigger than a piston in my FIAT 500!  Waterman and Gibson also saved the 1865 Dudgeon steam wagon, <http://sbiii.com/dudgeon.html> et seq., now in the Smithsonian.  Sam, III

From Antique Automobile: 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer

Was this Renault from Harry Verity’s collection?

From Antique Automobile: 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer

I live in east rockaway, Nassau County, but my boat is in brewers glen cove. I will be checking it tomorrow morning i hope you do not mind me stopping by for a while. It is not often one sees a pack (3) of Tuckers!

To fit in I will drive my 1991 Buick that my late aunt Iris gave to me before she became ill.

Please do not forget the other Curtis Field former home of the 99ers and frequently visited by Charles Lindberg and Emilia Airhart. Most of the property is now known as Green Acres.

From Antique Automobile: 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer

Garden City Hotel.  Immediately following the 1906 Race.  Willie K is fed up, wants to build his own raceway.

From Mystery Foto #20 Solved:A 1905 Meeting at William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Deepdale Estate Updated: 5/23

Good finds on this exploration!

From Sam & Dave's "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" III: Bethpage State Park to Round Swamp Road, Bethpage

Warm up The Black Beast, close off the Motor Parkway’s remnants and show that Renault who’s boss!  Some of the myriad L I car clubs might consider the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia as a destination, It’s better than wearing out canvas chairs in hot parking lots…

From Antique Automobile: 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer

Does anyone know if #185 Little Neck Rd ( Directly opposite side of the rd ) is/was associated with the Museum/Estate?

When viewing an aerial of this location, there’s a well paved path to the former Hangar. Is the hangar “open” for museum visitors? I don’t remember walking down there 7 yrs ago.
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Howard Kroplick

Brian, it was part of the estate including a farm and the superintendent’s residence. The hangar has been abandoned for years and closed to the public.

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

The golf course had only six holes. You went around three times. Some of the holes had alternative tee boxes giving the golfer a different look and yardages. In the 1990s there was a discussion about re-opening the course as a fund raiser. Al Velocci

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

My family and I visited here around 7 yrs ago ( Cub Scout Outing ). I think we LIMPERS should visit here as a group in the near future.

Howard and Al…. Do both of you still volunteer at the museum here?

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Howard,
Looking at the mystery photo again and I’m realizing I was mistaken and the memorial wing has yet to be built. I now certainly agree with the 1930 guess, but didn’t the memorial wing for Vanderbilt’s son pre-date the seaplane hangar by two years being built in 1933 and the hangar in ‘35?

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Mystery Foto# 19… This photo shows the William K. Vanderbilt mansion known as Eagle’s Nest. It is located in Centerport, NY. Willy K founded the Vanderbilt Cup races and built the LIMP. The sports played there might be Polo and Tennis??? The William K. Vanderbuilt Museum with the Planetarium currently occupies the estate. I believe that the TBS series recently filmed there is called “Nick and Nicky”.
Date unknown but it seems to be way back when crops were grown on the grounds.

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Eagles Nest owned by Suffolk County in Centerport over looking Northport Bay started in 1910 by William K Vanderbilt II
the seaplane hanger is not yet built so picture is probably before 1935 he died in 1944
golf was played, tennis also, yachting, sail boat races as well as fishing. He owned a large yacht of 264 ft

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Estate is Eagle’s Nest. Owned by William K. Vanderbilt, the man behind the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the first president of the LI Motor Pky Corp. Located in Centerport along Little Neck Rd.  Golf and Tennis were played at the estate. Current home of Vanderbilt Museum.  Love the website Howard.  Best, Thomas Carr (author of the upcoming Arcadia book “Plainview-Old Bethpage”

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Great work Sam and Dave!  When you find a post it’s like finding a treasure

From Sam & Dave's "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" III: Bethpage State Park to Round Swamp Road, Bethpage

I believe this is Eagle’s Nest, the William K. Vanderbilt estate in Centerport.  William Vanderbilt, and his Cup Races, are the reason the LIMP came to be - his money and his passion.  Both tennis and golf were played, with the first tee of the golf course on the roof of his personal “museum”.  It is currently occupied by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium.  It was recently used for the filming of Nick and Nicky, but that was a movie, not the TBS series.  Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of the series.  The photo is certainly prior to 1970 when the planetarium was constructed, as it is not in the photo.  The golf course looks like it may be available for play, which probably makes it prior to 1950 when the natural history institution was established.

From Mystery Foto #19 Solved: An Aerial View of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Eagle's Nest Estate

Gotta chime in on this one.  Love this series; thanks muchly.  That post “remnant” behind St. Mary’s - unless it’s broken off, it looks to me like the very tip of a deeply buried post.  You guys missed the embankment along the north side of the north driveway of the OB firehouse-cum-maintenance complex, in the line of trees.  Sam, III
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Howard Kroplick
Sam, that embankment was taken down a few years ago when the firehouse expanded their driveway.

From Sam & Dave's "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" III: Bethpage State Park to Round Swamp Road, Bethpage