Tag: Krug's Hotel
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May 15 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Where to Stay Near the Vanderbilt Cup Race
It has been well documented that the Vanderbilt Cup Races attracted large numbers of spectators. For those wishing to stay overnight on Long Island there were numerous choices provided by the lodging industry.
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Sep 04 2023
Mystery Friday #35 Solved: The Maxwell-Briscoe 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Race Team Headquarters in Mineola
Did you identify this race team headquarters?
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Jan 18 2023
Greg O’s Garage: Then & Now: The 1906 Course (Update 1/18/23)
How long would it take to get around the 1906 course in 2023?
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Nov 09 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Road Signs Erected for the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Finding one's way in the early days of automobiling was not as easy as plugging an address into a navigation system or even looking at a map. To aid the traveler on Long Island, "Automobile Topics" magazine in October 1905 erected numerous road signs.
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Dec 07 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 4 - Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations of “The NY World” - “DANGER”
The "New York World" portrayed the dangers of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race course through illustrations based on actual mishaps that occurred during practice runs and the American Elimination Trial on Sept. 22.
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May 31 2021
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: Seven parked automobiles at Krug’s Corner Hotel in Mineola circa 1911-1912
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Dec 24 2018
Mystery Foto #51 Solved: Tracy and Poole Changing A Tire During the 1906 American Elimination Race
Tim Helck, the grandson of the great artist Peter Helck, challenged you to identify this race Mystery Foto.
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Jul 10 2017
Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test
Brian McCarthy challenged you to identify the Motor Parkway bridge that was captured during the 1909 New York Economy Contest.
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Apr 05 2017
Thursday’s Treasures: Krug’s Hotel, a Tucker Dealership Banner, 2 Met Fans & “My Hunt” Presentations
Thursday's Treasures provide several various new photos and information relevant to VanderbiltCupRaces.com .
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Jan 11 2017
1954 American Automobile Album: “American Classic”
Tom Gibson has forwarded this Vanderbilt Cup Races article "American Classic" from the 1954 book American Automobile Album by William McGaughey.
