Tag: Mineola
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Mar 15 2017
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Vanderbilt Cup Race Scrapbook Discovered in Garden City
The Garden City Archives have discovered a small scrapbook of photos from the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. The scrapbook was a gift from Dorothy Peters Hubbell, whose family had direct links to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the founding of Garden City.
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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.
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Dec 27 2016
Helck Family Collection: “The Most Thrilling Race I Have Ever Seen” by Barrett H. Clark, Jr.
In the November 1947 issue of Speed Age influential editor and literary manager Barrett H. Clark, Jr. described "the most thrilling race I have ever seen." Surprisingly, the race was last race of the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary held at the Mineola Fair Grounds in Garden City.
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Dec 26 2016
Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Old 16 at the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds
The Heck Family Collection provided one more challenge in the final Mystery Foto of the year.
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Aug 09 2016
October 23, 1958 Newsday: The Races That Made History
On the 50th anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Newsday published a celebratory article "The Races That Made History." The article is particularly noteworthy because it included one of the last interviews with George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 race.
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Jul 25 2016
Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Krug’s Hotel in Mineola Circa 1912 Revised 7/26/2016
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another previously unpublished photo of a prominent building on the courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Jul 13 2016
The 1938 U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Suvey of Nassau County #1: Searingtown to Garden City
On August 3, 1938, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial survey of Nassau County. These enlargeable aerials (NC_8_3_38 series) have been posted on the Stony Brook University Digital Research Collections.
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Jun 07 2016
1950 Aerials of the Meadow Brook Lodge and the Mineola Lodge
Here are two rare aerials of the Mineola Lodge and the Meadow Brook Lodge as seen in 1950.
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May 08 2016
Mystery Fotos #19 Amost Solved : Eight Amazing 1928 Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to identify these seven Mystery Foto aerials taken by a survey team from Curtiss Company circa 1928. Seven of the eight locations were identified.
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Apr 26 2016
Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A Summer 1908 Touring Cruise to Krug’s Corner and the 1908 Race Course
The Garden City Archives challenge you to identify this summer 1908 Mystery Foto from their Long Island Motor Parkway scrapbook.
