Tag: Long Island Automotive Museum
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Feb 15 2012
Images of Driver Montague Roberts
Robert Thomas: "Montague Roberts was my great uncle."
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Dec 30 2011
Archives: Long Island Automotive Museum
Links to related posts on the Long Island Automotive Museum on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: December 31, 2011):
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Oct 31 2011
Archives: Films & Videos- Long Island Automotive Museum
Links to posts related to films and videos related to the Long Island Automotive Museum (Updated: August 4, 2011):
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Aug 06 2011
Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum
Although the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton closed and abandoned over 30 years ago, most of the museum's buildings are still standing. Here is a "Then & Now" with recent "Now" photos and many "Then" images from the collection of Walter McCarthy:
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Nov 19 2010
Classic Memories of The Long Island Automotive Museum II The 1963 & 1980 Auctions
The quarterly publication of the Metro Region of the Classic Car Club of America Metropolitan Skyline published three articles in 2010 on Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Long Island Automotive Museum. In the third article, editor Grace Gluck described the 1963 and 1980 auctions at the Long Island Automotive Museum documented with photos taken by Norman Arbour:
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Nov 18 2010
Classic Memories of The Long Island Automotive Museum Part I
The quarterly publication of the Metro Region of the Classic Car Club of America Metropolitan Skyline published three articles in 2010 on Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Long Island Automotive Museum. PDFs of the first two articles are provided below with permission from Skyline's editor Grace Gluck.
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Jul 27 2010
Inside the Long Island Automotive Museum
Tom commented: "Does anyone actually have any interior shots of the L.I. Auto museum? I have never had the chance to visit when it was open and I have not ever seen any interior shots. Perhaps no inside photos were allowed. But would be interesting to see if some interior shots exist." Tom, Walter McCarthy has forwarded these additional interior photos of the museum:
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Sep 28 2009
More on the Long Island Automotive Museum
Last Friday's post on the Long Island Automotive Museum generated many memories and more questions. Here are some answers and additional photos:
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Sep 25 2009
Film “The Long Island Automotive Museum”
The place to go to view vintage automobiles, race cars and trucks in the New York area soon after World War II was Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. This amazing 5-minute film documents the opening of the museum on August 27, 1948 and a typical day at the museum in the early 1950s. The film was provided from the archives of the Long Island Old Car Club by Walter McCarthy and is being shown to the public for the very first time on VanderbiltCupRaces.com .
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May 30 2008
What was the Long Island Automotive Museum?
The Long Island Automotive Museum was founded by the prominent automobile collector and writer Henry Austin Clark Jr. in 1948 in Southampton on Long Island. The museum featured many unique cars including the Thomas Flyer car that won the 1908 Paris-New York Race.
