Tag: James Breese
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Feb 25 2023
Greg O’s Garage; Photographs from the James L. Breese Photo Albums
Denver photographer Mark Sink has forwarded snapshots from his great-grandfather James L. Breese's photo albums.
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Mar 14 2022
Mystery Friday Foto#11 Solved: A 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race photo of officials published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Matt Wallace, creator publicaddressannouncer.org, challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 30 2019
Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Willie K. at the Ormond Hotel during the 1904 Ormond-Daytona Beach Races
In the final Mystery Foto of the decade, did you find Willie K.?
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Oct 02 2018
Hemmings.com: Last two surviving Breese roadsters head to auction in Philadelphia
Kurt Ernst of Hemmings has reported that the two surviving Breese roasters will go to auction in Philadelphia. Articles and films on the 1911 "Breese of Paris" racer have been previously posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com.
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Sep 12 2015
Film and Photos: The 1905 Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Races
King Rose Archives posted this four-minute film of the 1905 Ormond Daytona Beach Automobile Races including a segment with William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. competing in his 1905 Mercedes.
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Aug 04 2012
Southampton’s James L. Breese and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
James Lawrence Breese (1854-1934) was a wealthy stockbroker and renowned amateur photographer with a spectacular country home in Southampton. Supported by a fortune made in finance at his firm Breese & Smith, his real passions were photography, art, automobiles, racing and architecture.
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Jul 06 2009
The 1911 Breese Racer
Sunday's post featured a film of the 1946 "Race of Racers" where Old 16 driven by Joe Tracy just beat out the 1911 "Breese of Paris" Racer driven by Bobby Breese. Walter McCarthy has provided this photo of Bobby Breese and his car.
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Mar 04 2008
Film “1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
Welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com! In one of the earliest sports films ever made, the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race action was captured by cameramen G.W. Bitzer and A.E. Weed of the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in Westbury and Plainedge.
