Vanderbilt Cup Races

It was awesome. I think the best part was when Ray got to see the Vanderbilt Cup Trophy, the excitement it gave him, the amazement that he actually saw it live and up close. There were part that I have never seen. I wanted to watch it again, but didn’t have the time

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From Rich L:

Great job Friday night. We really enjoyed it!!

From Great Turnout at Book Revue "North Hempstead" Book Signing!

Hotel is the Van Ausdall’s Hotel on Harbor Road in Cold Spring Harbor. 

As Interboro Beer was brewed between 1913 and 1920 that would be a general date of the photo.  Exact date might be sometime just prior to Oct. 9, 1915 which was the running of the first Astor Cup Race on the Sheepshead Bay Speedway.  Reasoning as follows:

Assuming the picture was taken after 1913, I found a car #5 and a car #23 listed as entries in that first Astor Cup race (I couldn’t find other LI races in that time frame).  #5 is a Stutz and driven by Gil Anderson, who happened to finish first - other pics of the Stutz racers of that time are similar.  #23 is a Mercedes Erwin Special driven by Erwin Bergdoll (later charged as a draft dodger).

So I’m assuming the cars were preparing for the 1915 Astor Cup Race. 

Will leave IDing the other cars to those who know best. 

From Mystery Foto #59 Solved: The Van Ausdall's Hotel in Cold Spring Harbor, NY Circa 1914

Great presentation Howard!

Went through the book a few times already and it’s just as much of a home run as your previous two. Had a laugh to myself each time I came across another previously used mystery photo.

Most importantly, it was nice to be able to contribute to the JCC’s cause. Once again, from someone who has experienced and benefited from the amazing program firsthand with my Stepdad Martin Senzer, thank you and the JCC for something wonderful for Altzheimers patients and their families. The JCC’s unmatched care and concern for people continues currently with my Mom’s support groups since my stepdad’s passing last year.

From Great Turnout at Book Revue "North Hempstead" Book Signing!

From Roger P.

Great to see you and the Old Girl doing your thing around Lime Rock, Howard!

From Alco-6 Racer at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival

Nice shot of Bette Noir Howard. I can’t help to keep staring at the work involved. You and Sam did an awesome job here.

From Alco-6 Racer at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival

I know there was 4 hotels, but don’t know which one, pictures don’t match, something must have changed about the hotel, the name or the size, so that means that I can’t give you the date, location or what they were preparing for. To be continued

From Mystery Foto #59 Solved: The Van Ausdall's Hotel in Cold Spring Harbor, NY Circa 1914

There I am, the back of my head. You certainly met a lot of people, now that more people know about your website. You are a very popular and famous person, being so involved with a lot of things that were never known in the past 100 years or more, that are very interesting to a lot of people. It’s amazing the way you get around to finding things out, that’s why I’m always there, not to miss a thing that you might do or find out about to

From Great Turnout at Book Revue "North Hempstead" Book Signing!

Dear Howard, Yours is excellent historical and archival work.  I salute you for it.  It will benefit not only the present generation but future ones as well.  Sincerely, David Kahn. D. Phil. Oxon.  (that means, for those who are not up on their Latin or on British scholarly abbreviations, Doctor Philosophiae Oxoniensis = Ph.D. from Oxford.)
      I can’t help boasting that a high school friend from Great Neck High and I explored the Nassau portion of the Motor Parkway during summer vacations in the late 1940s.  A few years later I wrote an article about the Parkway for the Lincoln-Mercury Times, which I think you have in your archives.  I called it the Granddaddy of Superhighways, because I believe it was the first road to have no intersections, only over- or underpasses. If you don’t have a copy, let me know and I can try to dig it out from my papers, which have been given to NSA’s National Cryptologic Museum library at Fort Meade, Maryland.  When it gets warmer, I hope to come out to one of your meetings, if I may.  Sincerely, David Kahn
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From Howard Kroplick:
Thank you Dr. Kahn for the salute.

Your wonderful article was reposted on the website in 2011:

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/1955_motor_parkway_article_granddaddy_of_superhighways

Please contact me when you are back on Long Island! Enjoy, Howard

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage

Finally going to watch it, at my daughters house on Sunday, she invited us, for my wife’s birthday, which is tomorrow, she’s taping it tonight for me and maybe you’ll get another website fan, her husband

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Agreed Brian! These pics are great. (Thank you, Howard). This is my favorite bridge of the LIMP span; organized chaos all around. We’ve got Motor Pkwy, Central Ave, LIRR, and a Pedestrian walkway, all intersecting each other AND working in harmony. This is amazing for the era and shows Willie K’s persistence to get this parkway flowing as safe as possible. Not that easy.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage

You can’t get much better than that.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage

Ron
For a possible source for the absolute correct new wiring harness for your Packard I suggest Potomac Packard in Clayton, Ga. they supplied one for my 36 Packard model 1401 and I was very pleased with the quality. They use Packard factory drawings to recreate harnesses they sell. they even ran extra wires in the harness for directional signals I hid in the tail lights and fog lights.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Chronicle VIII: New Paint, Many Pieces

You out did yourself as always, Howard. These are some great photos.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage

I hope I can continue being on the roll with these. I’ve been on the website more often and learning a lot more and still it won’t be enough. I’ll see you on Friday, even if it’s going to be same, there’s always something that you’re informed about that you didn’t know and you never know what you might throw in, just to make it a little more interesting, right? See you then.

From Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905

I’m glad that I mentioned , you can only watch it on cablevision #27/727 if you have HD, because you added it in ( ). Now more people will know about it. Be back later

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Thanks Howard. I was on the roll with this one, but just didn’t know which answer would be the right, so I had to mention something, so you would know what I was thinking about answering

From Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905

Such an obvious answer that I’m embarrassed that I was so lazy and didn’t look up the Stanley question on your site myself like I normally do!

Interesting stuff! Thanks Howard!

From Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905

Great episode, thanks!

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This is the White steamer driven by Walter C. White with mechanician John Hantack during the Elimination Trial for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup as well as during the main event itself. This would be the first and the last time that a steam racer would compete in a Vanderbilt Cup race. As the car is still numberless and the crew is not wearing a racing outfit, the date could be 22 September, the day before the trials. Possibly they are out for a test drive.
The car is photographed leaving from Bulls Head Hotel in Greenvale, where White had its headquarters. Between the spectators undoubtedly the owner of the Hotel, mr. Huwer, and possibly White’s financier, Clarence McKay.
I didn’t notice before that the car has an underslung chassis. Is this the first car having this? It certainly predates the American!

From Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905