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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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Looking forward to seeing this exhibit. Way to go Gram!
From A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February
The black sedan is a 1936 Buick 90 series. Car C is a 1939/40 Crosley station wagon. Eis another 2 cylinder prewar Crosley convertible. F is a FIAT Tipo. D could be a 1935 Buick Opera Coupe
From Mystery Friday Foto #4: Solved; Automobiles owned by the Phipps family of Old Westbury
Can’t wait to see it!
From A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February
Nice game, unfortunately it doesn’t appear to have helped its creators stay in business too long. Here’s some additional documentation. Original article is from The San Francisco Examiner of Oct. 13, 1907.
From Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Game- The holy grail of vintage auto racing board games
I worked at my uncle Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s Long Island Automotive Museum for three summers in the early 1970’s and it’s a genuine pleasure to see photographs of what stands on its grounds today. Reading about the enthusiasm for it and for Uncle Austin and his collection of antique autos, trucks, buses, and automobiliana is also a pleasure. Thank you.
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
Wayne Duprez, it would be amazing if you could get photos of the iconic Olds curve dash!! With the owners’ permission, I would love to include it in my upcoming posts about “Where are they now?; the LIAM cars today “
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
Art, Regarding a producer for the movie, might have a lead for you, The Vanderbilt Cup Race play on Broadway is ending it’s run end of this month. The producer is looking for another related project to take on.
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
The Olds is in a private small collection. I will see the owner this weekend. I’ll take photos and ask him if I can publish his name.
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
Al - auditions begin soon! I’m contracting with Kienzle to use the Motor Parkway in the fall. Having a hard time finding a producer!
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
@Wayne Duprez Where in Hauppauge is this curved dash Olds? I know there used to be another one at the Riverhead Historical Society Museum.
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
Could this be the Motor Parkway House, now part of a larger house on Barbara St?
From Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction
Thanks to Gary Hammond, it’s the Motor Parkway Hotel on Powell Av in Central Park (Bethpage), built by Mathias Romscho of Germany, age 42. View is looking north on Motor Parkway during Powell Av bridge construction, Aug-Sep 1908.
Alternate view below of Powell Av bridge construction through the Nibbe’s farmway bridge construction
From Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction
I was a student at the junior high school across the street from the hotel and witnessed the destruction. I had some appreciation for history even at that young age. Many Garden City residents obtained bricks from the hotel. I still have the one my family obtained. It is wrapped with a needlepoint image of the hotel. The fate of another Garden City historic treasure, St. Paul’s School, is currently in the hands of the residents of Garden City.
From Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Garden City Hotel Being Demolished in 1973
The curved dash Olds that once hung from the ceiling at the Southampton museum resides in Hauppauge.
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
The structure is on rt 39 in Southampton the article states rt 24 which is west of the are
From The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
Art, Please cast me as A. J. Kienzle, the Parkway’s GM. He he lived in Mineola almost walking distance from my home in New Hyde Park. The building still exists.
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
The bridge in question was the construction of the longest bridge under construction in Central Park/Bethpage north of Dead Mans Curve. The Central Park Historical Society has a Historic Marker documenting the area.
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
Thanks Steve for the nice words and suggestion about a book - I was thinking more like a movie! lol. Starring Howard as Willie K., and Al as Pardington! Will think about that.
By the way, I made contact with the NCPD Police Museum for any additional info they could find on the Marano case but nothing came up. An interesting topic for anyone interested in law enforcement back in the Motor Parkway days.
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
Harold Seaman, Marty Himes, Ken Spooner and Reggie Himes at the Himes Museum (photo by James King)
From Update- Sad News: We have lost a Long Island racing icon and good friend Marty Himes
That’s the Smith Farmway Bridge in the distance in Great Neck, just 1/3 mile east from the Great Neck Lodge entrance. I just learned of two “Bayside” sections in Queens still existing today, one by the Rocky Hill Rd entrance (Springfield Blvd). Unfortunately, criminal activity persist today
From Kleiner's Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
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