Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn
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May 04 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1910 Buick VCR Team at Sea
Soon after the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Buick team headed to Savannah, GA to participate in the Nov. 12th Grand Prize Race. The team and other auto enthusiasts returned after the race to New York on the steamship "SS City of Savannah" which featured in its on-board publication an article about the Vanderbilt Cup Race and several drivers.
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Apr 24 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Vanderbilt Cup Races - Tidbits of Information (1908 - 1916)
The second installment of this series includes a neat map, poetry, George Robertson's "flight", a lot of bull and a supposed Vanderbilt Cup Race in NY in 1916! Enjoy!
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Apr 21 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Vanderbilt Cup Races - Tidbits of Information (1904 - 1907)
This new series presents items of interest about the cars and drivers of the Vanderbilt Cup Races based on newspaper articles of the period. Today's post takes a look at the 1904 through 1907 races.
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Apr 14 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - Illustrations of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Participants
An earlier post provided an artist's view of the Vanderbilt Cup Races. Additional illustrations here include caricatures of the 1906 race and leading drivers. International interest in the race is very clearly expressed through the illustrations.
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Apr 10 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Construction Plans for the Hollis Court Boulevard (Queens Road) Motor Parkway Bridge
Detailed construction requirements and plans were drawn up in 1925 for the building of the steel and concrete Hollis Court Boulevard (Hollis Hills Terrace & Queens Road) Motor Parkway Bridge. The requirements detailed the responsibilities of the contractor, exact measurements and construction material.
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Mar 30 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Mineola and the Motor Parkway, 1908
Mineola has often been mentioned in vanderbiltcupraces.com as significant to the development of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In this 1908 publication published by D. C. McKay & Son, both are used to promote the village of Mineola.
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Mar 23 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And Now For Something Completely Different: Part 3 (Motor Parkway 1931 - 1940)
In the third part of this series you'll read about a dubious use of the parkway, an accident near Roslyn, a supposed "hanging" and more!
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Mar 17 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And now for something completely different: Part 2 (Motor Parkway 1911 - 1930)
The second installment of this series includes robberies on the Motor Parkway, fires started by Motor Parkway motorists, a proposed extension to Sag Harbor, a full day of pleasure on the Motor Parkway Parkway for $5 and more.
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Mar 09 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Three Illustrators of the Vanderbilt Cup Race Era
In this post three illustrators portray their view of various aspects of the Vanderbilt Cup Race through their individual characterizations.
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Mar 03 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And Now For Something Completely Different: Part 1 (Motor Parkway 1906 - 1910)
While researching posts for vanderbiltcupraces.com I often come across material that while not directly related to the topic I'm investigating, still contains interesting information.
