Tag: Greg O's Garage
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Mar 12 2022
Greg O’s Garage; HBO’s The Gilded Age, Long Island and the Vanderbilts Part 1
HBO's excellent new series 'The Gilded Age' has many connections, real and fictional, to Long Island and the Vanderbilt family.
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Mar 08 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The Great Wall of East Hills and Long Island Motor Parkway director Clarence Mackay
A recently re-discovered driveway remnant of Clarence Mackay's Harbor Hill has finally been documented
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Mar 05 2022
Greg O’s Garage: An actual strip of the Motor Parkway sold
In 1947, a small strip of the Motor Parkway was sold to William Levitt and Sons.
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Nov 30 2021
Greg O’s Garage and Kleiner’s Korner look at Jericho Turnpike Then & Now
Another peek into the history of Jericho Turnpike at the Start/Finish line of the 1904 & 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Oct 26 2021
Greg O’s Garage: Joe Tracy and the Society of Automotive Engineers
Once again, from the Helck Family Collection, more gems, this time in the form of Joe Tracy's engineering certificates, the famed Vanderbilt Cup Race driver, and personal friend of Peter Helck.
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Oct 12 2021
Greg O’s Garage: 85th Anniversary of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
On this day, October 12th, we celebrate the 85th anniversary of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Races at Roosevelt Raceway.
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Oct 06 2021
Greg O’s Garage: A 1906 Nassau County Map
An early, unique map of Nassau County
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Sep 29 2021
Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Ralph DePalma at the Danbury Fair
Ralph DePalma was a regular exhibitionist at the Danbury fair in Connecticut.
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Sep 21 2021
Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Barney Oldfield on Ormond Beach in his own words
Peter Helck and Barney Oldfield began a friendship shortly before Barney's passing
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Sep 01 2021
Greg O’s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection- The 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The official Pan-Pacific Expo Program found in the Helck Family Collection archives provides insights into the Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
