Tag: 1903 Eagle Rock Hill Climb
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Nov 29 2021
Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Willie K. getting ready to race at the Eagle Rock Hill Climb on November 24, 1904
Did you identify this holiday Friday Mystery Photo?
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Jan 02 2017
Mystery Foto #53 Solved: A Rare Look Inside William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Long Island Garage in 1904
This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before-published image from the Helck Family Collection, gifted from Joel Finn in 1970.
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Dec 02 2014
Mystery Foto #96 Solved: Willie K. at the 1903 Eagle Rock Hill Climb in his Mors
This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was taken many years ago on Thanksgiving.
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Aug 15 2011
Willie K’s Cars: #4 1902 60-HP Mors Racing In Europe
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was among the first generation of people who grew up with the automobile. With his family’s fortune predicated on transportation perhaps it was inevitable that he was drawn to the latest innovation in machinery to transport goods and people from one place to another. Regardless, his fascination with the new mechanical marvels led him to some of his greatest adventures in a very adventurous life. Today's focus: His 1902 Mors.
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Nov 24 2010
Willie K’s Record-Breaking Hill Climb on Thanksgiving Day 1903
In the early 1900s, people did not flock to Manhattan on Thanksgiving to watch the floats and balloons on Broadway, but thousands came to West Orange, New Jersey to watch cars race up Eagle Rock. The Automobile Club of New Jersey first sponsored races for various classes of automobiles here in November 1901. From 1902 to 1905, the Eagle Rock Hill Climbs were held annually on Thanksgiving.
