Vanderbilt Cup Races

Great tour of a National Register destination! Consider Vanderbilt’s Spanish Baroque front door ‘in reverse’. Its interior heavy hardware finds a counterpart to rose head nails used as an ‘outside’ show of strength & wealth on 17th century British-American doors, like that reconstructed c. 1908-27 at “Home Sweet Home,” East Hampton. Willy K’s huge front door looks like it came from a European castle and was lightheartedly hung to ‘return’ the sea creatures—‘originally’ carved on its interior—to face the elements and incredible views of Northport Harbor.

From Greg O's Garage: The Vanderbilt Museum and mansion tour

These folks knew how to live ! The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park is equally amazing-they have a 33 Cad V-16 and I think a Locomobile in the Carriage house that is now closed for many years due to low staffing (run by the fed parks dept of course)

From Greg O's Garage: The Vanderbilt Museum and mansion tour

Are we going to have any antique car meets there this year??????

From Greg O's Garage: The Vanderbilt Museum and mansion tour

The final cartoon shows Joe Tracy’s 1906 accident when he struck a 12 year old boy. It was widely reported that the child died, though your Kleiner’s Kolumn post of Dec. 11, 2019 clearly debunks this claim:
https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/kleiners_kolumn_al_poole_documents_from_the_helck_family_collection

From Kleiners Korner: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race "Dip of Death"

What a wonderful tribute to Howard at the wheel of his Alcohol Black Beast!

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

it is Howard Kroplick,
in the tv series the men who built america
alco 8 racer

regards, Mark

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

Mystery Foto # 24…The driver is Eddie Rickenbacker in the Maxwell at the 1916 Indy 500, ISN’T IT?????????????????....
OH WAIT, NOOOO! It’s Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast (Bete Noire).
With fingers crossed, I want to say the artist is Jack Juratovic.

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

Who is that handsome man at the wheel of the Black Beast? Looks like the keeper of this website! Sorry I don’t know artists, so I don’t know who painted it, but it’s a beautiful painting.

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

Howard Kroplick driving the Alco Black Beast. But, who’s the artist?

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

I am becoming addicted to the mystery photos but I leave the actual guessing up to my Hubby Steve. This is a wonderful rendition of Howard driving my favorite The Black Beast !

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

That would be you in the Black Beast, but as a guess on the artist, I’ll go with Robert Carter since he has already done one with you in the Beast.

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A wonderful painting of Howard Kroplick in the Alco Black Beast by Joe Pep

Great pizza and restaurant today on the NW corner of that intersection. Umberto’s Restaurant known for their sicilian and grandma slices. Amazing open fields in the photo’s background in 1905!

From New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

Always room for more,,,enjoy!

From Updated: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The one-of-a-kind 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III is headed to the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

Frank, regarding the so-called Bloomingdale Rd. bridge.  Bloomingdale Ave. at the time, never made it that close to the Parkway, only reaching to around Farmedge Rd. I don’t think the bridge was built in connection with Bloomingdale Ave. But why did the Parkway build a bridge there at all. The acreage in the area was controlled by the Stewart heirs, the same who sold the Parkway ROW to Vanderbilt so I’m guessing the bridge was a condition of the sale. I’m inclined to think the bridge was built for an unnamed road that starts at the intersection of Central Ave. and Broadway that heads in south west direction toward the Parkway and continues as a dotted line over the Parkway and the LIRR ending at Hempstead Tpke. We know the road was never built, probably because of the cost of bridging the LIRR. The unnamed road made it only to the east-west section of Farmedge Rd. I believe the north-south section of today’s Farmedge Rd. is the bed of that unnamed road shown in both the 1906 and 1914 atlases Both yourself and Brian have good shots of that area on the north side pf the Parkway.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Howard, To eliminate any possible confusion, want to point out that early on Lakeville road was often referred to as the Hyde Park Road.

From New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

Nice pictures!

From New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

Congrate Howard, very nice car…  A gem…
very cool car

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

The Challenger III was provided by Ford to Holman Moody as a body in white with no VIN #s. The only ID on the racer is a Holman Moody #1001. Howard

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

Congrats Howard. Do the parts have matching VIN numbers?

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

Steve - Sep 1908? You’re likely correct but Howard, Al, and Steve; is there any information when the Bloomingdale Rd bridge was finally constructed in 1908? If the date is correct, these early road builders were working at lightning speed compared to today’s pace.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40