Vanderbilt Cup Races

WOW! That Loco model is Outstanding! Truly exquisite with weathering and all. A true work of art!

From Vanderbilia: The 1905 Locomobile Model Owned by the Helck Family

Peter Helck and Orrin Brusie lived in Millerton, NY, not in Middleton, NY.
What happened to the Old 16 Locomobile model that appears in Peter Helck’s Johnnie Walker ads?

From Vanderbilia: The 1905 Locomobile Model Owned by the Helck Family

My wife Mary & I will be there, this is great, congratulations Howard!
Walt

From Hold the Date: Rescheduled Book Signing on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Book Revue in Huntington

LIMP and Lakeville Road cross over the NSP.  Also Marcus Ave to the right.  Willie K’s guest house in lower left.  Motor Parkway bridge over Marcus Ave also.  Date has to be pre WWII, UN building not built yet.

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

The 4 major roads are: Northern State Parkway, Marcus Avenue, Lakeville Road, and the Long Island Motor Parkway. You are looking east and I believe the the photo was taken around August 15, 1934. Along the lower edge you can see the parking area and garage for the NYS Parkway Police Barracks, which at one time had been part of Willie K.‘s guest house complex. I think there is also a building at the southeast corner of Lakeville Rd. and Marcus Ave. which may have been part of the old Van Nostrand farm.

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

From Greg O.

I’ve always loved this aerial…

-Identify the four major roads in the aerial

The aerial is looking East; Horizontal roads in the photo are the LIMP (bottom) and Lakeville Road (top), Marcus Ave (right), and the new Northern State Pkwy (left) are vertical.

-Identify any structures in the aerial

The main structure is part of Willie K’s old guest house/hunting lodge, which eventually became the NYS Police barracks on the North side of the N. State (on what was originally his Deepdale estate) Too bad we couldn’t see a little more to the left where the Great Neck Lodge is located…There’s also the Marcus Ave LIMP bridge on the right.

-What is the approximate year of the photo?

August 15, 1934

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

View facing east: Northern State Parkway, Long Island Motor Parkway, Lakeville Road and Marcus Avenue. Bottom left is the former Vanderbilt guest lodge (State Parkway Police Barracks). I’d date the photo 1937 (which is prior to the closure of the LIMP and relocation of the Lakeville Road exit on the eastbound NSP).

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

L to r across bottom. LIMP bridge across Northern State Parkway in Lake Success
L to r just above LIMP bridge is Lakeville Road
Road running top to bottom on left side is Northern State
Road running top to bottom on right side is Marcus Ave.
Approximate year taken 1935

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

Looks like the current intersection of Lakeville Rd and Northern Parkway.  The four roads are:
Top: Lakeville Rd
Bottom: LIMP
Left: Northern Parkway (before it was duplexed, with exits to Lakeville Rd)
Right: Marcus Avenue

Bottom left is stables/garage for Deepdale estate?

In the future Great Neck South and Phipps Estate (now GN School Administration Center) would be just left of the photo while LIJ Hospital and Sperry would be just to the right.  No Police 6th precinct yet (in either location) and no cars on the LIMP (perhaps just recently abandoned) so I’ll guess 1939?

I grew up near here - boy does it look different now…

Thanks
Brian

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

1. LIMP, Lakeville Road, Marcus Avenue, NSP.

2. Vanderbilt’s guest lodge.

3. 1937-1940?

From Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A View of Lake Success in 1934

Enjoyed all the photo’s, happy new year to all !

From Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

From Brian McCarthy:
The photo that’s associated with the 1973 Newsday article must have been taken before 1973, because the precinct was built in 1960. It makes sense that this area would be   the E/S of Wantagh Ave (the towerline is to the right or south). Can’t figure out if it’s a road or driveway that I see in the background.. Happy New Year to all!

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16

Not much confidence in most of my answers, hopefully 2014 will bode better for my research.  Happy New Year to all. 

-Where was the photo taken?  Jericho
-What was the date of the photo? Oct. 24, 1908
-What and who is the crowd staring at?  Staring at the Stanley Steamer owned by members of the William Cullen Bryant family.
-Identify the building in the background.  Powell’s Jericho Hotel
-Bonus: What was the earliest time of the day that this photo was taken? Why?  Early morning - start of race

From Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

DF Maltby owned a garage in Mineola, Glen Cove, and Westbury. That’s about all I can tell with a little research.

From Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Consider it a must read in 2014!  Good luck.

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Great collection of racing memorabilia.  Thanks for sharing, Howard!

From Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

We see the Locomobile headquarters during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race. The location of the temporary HQ was Maltby’s garage, located along Jericho Turnpike near the turn at Westbury. The Locomobile on the photo has an official Locomobile manufacturer plate (C202M). The doors of the Maltby’s garage are wide open, the people are standing on the side, the crowd is staring towards the right (also the driver of the second car, of which we only see the steering wheel), two women are smiling towards the camera, so it could very well be that the winning Locomobile was just approaching to be stalled in Maltby’s showroom. In that case the date must be October 24, some time after the end of the race. Robertson’s Locomobile started as no.16 at around 6.45 and finished 4 hrs and 48.2 secs later at around 10.45. The race was called at 10.55 and presumably it will have taken some time before the winning car returned to its stables, located at about 5 to 10 miles from the start/finish. Therefore I expect the moment of the photograph to be noon at its earliest, but probably somewhat later.

From Mystery Foto #48 Solved: D.F. Maltby Automobile Garage in Jericho After the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

From Gorden:

thanks again for this valuable info i enjoy so much and have a happy and healthy new year

From Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Nice set of cards!

Ken

From Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

“Taken from the steeple of a church on the corner of Lakeville Road and Jericho Turnpike”: Wow!, admiring all that land space behind. Where’s Umberto’s Pizza? A fascinating shot, thanks Howard.

From Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race