Tag: Marty Himes
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May 10 2025
From the Marty Himes Collection: Two Very Early Long Island Pocket Maps (1892 and 1917)
Forwarded from the Himes family are a pair of very early tourist maps of Long Island.
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Apr 19 2025
Marty Himes at the Vanderbilt Cup Races Grandstands in Levittown
The late, great, race car driver and Himes Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia curator, Marty Himes, visited the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races Grandstands location in 1993 and 1997.
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Mar 29 2025
VanderbiltCupRaces.Com exclusive: Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Marty Himes Collection
The Marty Himes Collection has forwarded these rarely seen images from the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Apr 12 2024
Good News: The missing 1931 Motor Parkway Plate from the Himes Museum has been found
I am pleased to announce that Marty Himes' missing Long Island Motor Parkway Plate has been found in the museum property.
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Feb 27 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #8 Solved; Midget Racing at the Polo Grounds & The Marty Himes Collection
Identifying the Midget Polo Grounds racing through the Marty Himes Collection
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Nov 15 2023
A Grandson’s Video: In loving memory of Martin L. Himes
Bryan Johnson has created this 74-minute video tribute to his grandfather Marty Himes.
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Nov 10 2023
InstaGRAM Report; Marty Himes and his Racing Career
Marty Himes was not only a historian of Long Island dirt track racing history; he also was a well accomplished racing driver on tracks all around Long Island and beyond.
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Oct 27 2023
Update- Sad News: We have lost a Long Island racing icon and good friend Marty Himes
I am very sad to inform you that our good friend Marty Himes passed away last Monday.
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Jul 21 2021
Update July 20 2021: A visit to see Marty Himes and the Himes Museum of Automobile Nostagia
I am pleased to report that Marty Himes has recovered from his automobile accident. Highlights for Tuesday's visit to the Himes Museum of Automobile Nostalgia in Bayshore.
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Nov 16 2018
The Last Race: Film documents the beauty & intensity of racing at the last track on Long Island
Michael's Dweck's award-winning film on the Riverhead Raceway is available on demand today.
