Tag: Helck Family Collection
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Sep 20 2016
Helck Family Collection: The Only Known Existing 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Flags?
One of the potential treasures of the Helck Family Collection are these two "Vanderbilt Cup Race flags." This fascinating discovery is detailed below.
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Sep 17 2016
The Motor Racing Archives of Peter Helck to Become Available on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Jerry and Timothy Helck have issued this press release concerning the motor racing archives of artist and historian Peter Helck.
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Sep 12 2016
Mystery Foto #37 Solved: Ralph DePalma in the Mercedes that Won the 1915 Indy 500 Race
The Helck Family Collection challenges you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. Louis Slawe also needs your help identifying this automobile or spaceship spotted last month on the Jersey Shore.
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Aug 19 2016
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Helck Family Collection- Driver Louis Wagner
For 23 years, artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. This friendship was marked a multitude of correspondence between France and the USA, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner.
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Nov 02 2011
CSI Report:Montague Roberts and Robert Jardine in the 1905 American Elimination Trial
Steve Lucas forwarded a request from Barbara Russell, the Brookhaven Town Historian, to help identify two photos recently discovered in their archives. Steve wrote: "She was hoping that you could identify them as to date, event, place, and type of car. They appear to be a race and thought maybe one of the Vanderbilt Cup Races."
