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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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I’m stumped on this one. So with no support and just a guess, I’ll say Bob Burman and most likely with his mechanician Howard Hale during the 1910 VCRaces.
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
Thank YOU, Frank; you’re very welcome. Many of the 2,200 missing images on my site are old LIMP pix; if I ever manage to extract them from old hard drives and JAZ cartridges, we’ll have a field day! Sam, III
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Mystery Foto #39, Correction…
This is to correct a typo in the answer I sent in an earlier comment. Next to last sentence should read…
“I believe that this is the 1906 race because Wagner had other mechanicians when he competed in 1905 and other years of the cup race.”
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
Great photos of OBVR on your site Sam. Thanks!
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Batman & Robin?
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
This is like trying to identify The Lone Ranger with his mask on but I’ll try to connect the dots anyway. Since this photo is from the Helck collection, and since Peter Helck did some artwork picturing the 1906 V.C. Races, which driver/mechanician pair had decent moustaches in 1906? I’m guessing Gustave Caillois and Marcel Pouxe who were part of the Thomas Flyer team. Maybe the photo was taken on the grounds of Krug’s Hotel in Mineola, which was the Thomas Flyer headquarters.
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
Dunno about the clown in the duster with a fake mustache but that masked man in the rubber poncho is clearly Christopher Reeve - er, I mean Willie K. - look at that hairdo! Antique car afficionadoes (not I) should easily identify the car by that odd lever in the foreground. These blog posts so enliven Sunday afternoons (even with that strange, low, green thing somehow named for Australian bushfood)! :·) Sam, III
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
To Dick and Gary, those taxis at the Rockville Centre Yellow Cab Co. are 1921 Yellow taxi cabs, manufactured by Yellow Taxi Co. A John R. Hertz Co. until 1925. If you go on Google Search, ‘1921 Yellow Taxi’, You’ll will see lots of taxi photos, one or two will be the same identical model shown in the Rockville Centre Taxi photo posted by Dick. The other recent color photos shown are later ‘22/‘23 or later, the ‘21 has a sloping cowl area to the hood, a 1920 model has spoke wheels.
From Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908
Howard,
It’s amazing that those Mustang photos are still around . Usually, things like that have a way of disappearing. Thanks for sharing them with us. BEAUTIFUL!
Rog
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:63 Photos Discovered of the Mustang III Being Built at DST in 1964.
Great finds….
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Four 1948 Tucker "News Bulletins"
Thank you for sharing and passing along your experience and knowledge to those who can’t participate !
From Tucker 1044 Highlights from the Peconic Bay AACA Hallockville Farm Meet
Welcome to the club, Michael. If you look at my above-noted page (http://sbiii.com/limpobvr.html), you’ll see a sketch map roughly depicting the area in green. Yes, the area, OBVR (Old Bethpage Village Restoration), where the bridge is located, is fenced in, but it is a Nassau County public park; normal entry is through a well-marked, landscaped entrance (see attached) on the east side of Round Swamp Road, roughly half way between the LI Expressway and Spagnoli Road. There is an admission fee (well worth it!). Have a ball! Sam, III
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Absolutely Tom, warmth no doubt was considered luxury then in the NE, New England states, even in taxi cabs transporting the populace. On the other side, the A/C during the warmer months would not appear until much later. This lodge never experienced A/C luxuries but it could have if still standing today. Still wishing it was preserved and still standing.
From Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908
No not at all. It’s located off a trail in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. If you can find out how to PM I can give you more info
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Love shot #5, what a smooth, flowing view!
From Chrysler's Chrysler Highlights from the Sagamore Hill Car Show
It must have been nice on a frigid January morning to get into a heated cab!
From Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908
Mystery Foto #39… The driver is Louis Wagner and the mecanician is Victor Demogeot. The car is a 1906 Darracq in which Wagner and Demogeot won the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race. Photo taken in 1906 at the Hotel Glenwood (headquarters for the Darracq team) in Glenwood Landing. I believe that this is the 1906 race because Wagner had different mecanicians in the other races in which he competed.
Below see Darracq poster and the race car as she looks present day.
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
Hello, I’m new here. I’ve had great interest in the LIMP recently and because I live in Farmingdale, this is not too far from me. I’ve been using google street view to look at the surrounding areas, but it looks fenced off. Does visiting this location require trespassing onto private property, or am I missing something? Any response appreciated, thank you.
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Howard Kroplick
Welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com!
Where exactly are you in Farmingdale?
This interactive map may help: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=40.77962705687104%2C-73.56535213626057&z=10&mid=1396j0_672hYkvbcNFJInbc1mXNJspD9f
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
Can anyone tell me about the truck in the photo. My Great grandfater Chris Rickard and his son James Rickard. C Rickard & Son trucking Bridgeport CT
From Alco Trucks and the First Transcontinental Delivery
Howard, What a unique treasure trove of documentation for an already unique automobile - to be able to have construction photos of a specific auto which still exists - congrats!!!
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Howard Kroplick
Gary, yes, very exciting!
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:63 Photos Discovered of the Mustang III Being Built at DST in 1964.
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