Tag: Henry Austin Clark Jr
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Jul 03 2021
Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s Long Island Automotive Museum automobiles at the July 4, 1960 Southampton Parade
Can you help identify these classic automobiles from the Long Island Automotive Museum as seen in1960?
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Jun 02 2021
The 1954 Carnival of Cars parade down Fifth Avenue
To promote the opening of their Carnival of Cars Museum in July 1954, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and investor Robert W. Dowling held a parade of vintage automobiles down Fifth Avenue from the Plaza Hotel to the Astor Theater.
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Mar 02 2021
1960 Photos from the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton
On July 4, 1960, industrial photographer Irving Fitzig captured these images of Long Island Automotive Museum.
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Jan 16 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A Commemorative 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Stamp Designed by Walt Gosden
Discovered in a 1982 publication of "The Best of Old Cars Weekly" was a Henry Austin Clark, Jr. story of a never to be issued stamp commemorating the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the winning racer "Old 16". Here is the story behind the stamp as told by its creator and Motor Parkway and VanderbiltCupRaces.com friend Walt Gosden.
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Jan 09 2021
Road & Track September 1966: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and his 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa
The September 1966 issue of Road &Track featured this cover article "Ferraris: Oldest & Newest". The article featured the Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa 004C owned by Henry Austin Clark, Jr. from 1965 to 1973.
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Dec 04 2020
Film of the Week: 1960 Antique Automobile Rally to The Museum of The City of New York
This 8-minute film documented an antique automobile rally to The Museum of The City of New York on April 24, 1960. The rally was held on Fifth Avenue and led by Henry Austin Clark, Jr., owner of the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York.
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Nov 27 2020
Film of the Week: Care-Free Cars (1956) Starring Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
This six-minute film starred Henry Austin Clark. Jr. and was shot at his Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York and throughout the village in 1956.
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Nov 13 2020
Film of the Week: Henry Austin Clark, Jr Being Interviewed on Automotive Technology in 1968
This rare news clip features Henry Austin Clark, Jr. being interviewed on the state of automobile technology by a New York City television station in 1968 at Chase Bank in Manhattan. Several of Clark's vintage automobiles can be seen at the beginning of the film.
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Aug 10 2020
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: New York Islanders Celebrating Their First Stanley Cup Championship in Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s Old 32
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Sep 07 2019
The 1948 Press Release Announcing “The Opening of the New Long Island Automotive Museum”
Gary Hammond has forwarded the official press release announcing the opening of the Henry Austin Clark, Jr.'s Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. The release included a description of Clark's car collection featuring the 1908 Thomas Flyer.
