Vanderbilt Cup Races

Nice tribute, Chris. Brings to mind folk songs from the 1970’s.

From Film of the Week "A Real Fast Ride"- A Musical Tribute to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.

Art- came across this from Automobile Topics in late 1905. It appears even France was possibly in the running for a Vanderbilt Cup Race a couple of years earlier.

From Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - California Wants the 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race

From Automobile Topics 1905

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The Grave's Garage on Searing Avenue in Mineola

Howard,  Garden City Village is spending a lot of money to provide parking spaces for the users of the ball fields. I think they should charge a small fee for the privilege. To identify them, issue a small metal plate to be attached to the front of the vehicle saying something like…Long Island Motor Parkway parking. ????

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Frank, To clarify, the Parkway ROW level is about is about 5 feet higher than the ball field level, hence the need for a retaining wall The cars will be parking ON the Parkway . See my earlier post .

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

On second thought, maybe the answer to kudos question isn’t quite as obvious as I thought. For a second guess, I’ll go in a different direction and say Hicks Nurseries did the actual planting of the trees since they were also responsible for many estate planting’s as well.

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The Grave's Garage on Searing Avenue in Mineola

-Identify the location and orientation of the photographer
-Who owned the building on the left? Link the owner to the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

Standing on the railroad tracks looking northward on the East side of Robert Grave’s garage in Mineola.
Robert Graves was the owner of the #1 Mercedes that raced in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the two #3 Mercedes that raced in the 1906 and 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Races. 
Robert Graves’ wealth came initially from his father’s company the Robert Graves Company, Manufacturers of Wall Papers. In addition to the wallpaper company, Robert Graves also invested a lot of money in Manhattan and Brooklyn real estate.

-Kudos Question: Who planted all the trees in the Mystery Foto?

NYC and Gold Coast Mansions of the wealthy of the day usually had Frederick Law Olmsted do all their landscaping, so I’ll go with that guess.

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The Grave's Garage on Searing Avenue in Mineola

Great stuff John! Thanks for the link and directions how to obtain rare info/maps on Nassau properties. This is an additional tool that will come in handy in the future. 

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From Documenting the Location of the Bethpage Lodge

Thank you Cyril and everyone for keeping us all informed.

Al, I’m gathering the southern three foot extension/parkway is higher in elevation than the parking lot construction site, and will be out of reach from autos, thanks to a retaining wall protecting the parkway. I’ll be down soon as well to check on progress and record. Thanks for the updates.

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Hello Frank,

This is John(ny), replying because I’m unsure if you got my email. Those maps can be found on the Nassau County records site here: https://i2f.uslandrecords.com/NY/Nassau/D/Default.aspx
I spend hours on that site looking at maps. To find subdivision names and such, you need to find the deed of a specific plot, take the subdivision name listed in the deed, and search for the name as a map.

John

From Documenting the Location of the Bethpage Lodge

Art,  Asked the workers there if they knew anything about the clearing of the area and the posts, nada. My recollection there were at least three posts in that area, will keep checking.

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Howard, Just got back from the Parkway construction site off of Raymond Court, Garden City. Appears a retaining wall is going to built butting up against the Parkway’s concrete extension. According to Bill Belmer, parking is going to be only on the south side of the Parkway ROW in a north south alignment which means if you pull into to park, the front wheels are going to be on the concrete extension. Could not get a straight answer from any of the workers there about the mound of gravel, asked if that was going to be used as the final surface covering. Suggest to anyone visiting the site to park in the Stewart Ave. ball field parking lot to get a good view of whats going on.

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Thanks to Cyril for the update. Fortunately the construction crew is following the plans on paper. That doesn’t always happen! Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Howard, The vertical drop is close to five feet. Also, its right up against the Parkway’s concrete extension

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Thank you Cyril - I’ll be going over to keep tabs on it.  Would you know if they’ve dug up the concrete posts that are in the area?

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway

Thanks for the story and pointing us to the Jay Leno video!

From Update: Peter Helck's 1921 Benz-Mercedes "Rabbit-the-First" Now Owned by Jay Leno

Had no idea, but I’d love to have seen and heard it running, even just being static.  Nice to know the history before, and wonder like all of you what happened to it.

From Kleiner's Korner: From the Helck Family Collection- In Search of the 1905 Locomobile Racer

As a kid in NE PA, my dad took me to piles of antique car shows including by us in Clarks Summit PA, McKungie, Hershey and more.  I remember seeing not just a 35 once in a while, but a miniature one probably for a rich kid - yes, it was engined.  They truly stood out for good reasons!

From Mystery Auto #28 Solved: 1925 Bugatti Type 35 Owned by Wallace Bird and Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Great reminder of my family visit to the museum and Tucker exhibit in April 2018 during a trip for a family wedding near Pittsburgh!

From Video of the Week: A Virtual Tour of the Tucker Exhibit at the AACA Museum

Amazing!. Thank you Cyril!

From Construction Work Has Begun on the Garden City Stewart Field Parking Lot Adjacent to the Motor Parkway