Tag: Newsday, Alco
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Jun 19 2011
Newsday Article: “Moses exhibit shows builder’s ups, downs’
Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer reports on a new exhibit on Robert Moses that has opened at the Planting Fields Arboterum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay. The exhibit includes historical documents from my collection concerning Robert Moses and the Long Island Motor Parkway:
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May 30 2011
Newsday: “Vintage race cars celebrated at Indy 500”
Just returned from Indy with amazing photos, videos and stories...will post during the rest of the week. For today, these are highlights of Robert Cassidy' s weekend coverage of the story in Newsday:
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Oct 19 2010
Newsday Article “100 Years Later, a Victory Lap for Vanderbilt Cup”
Tuesday's Newsday included an excellent Explore LI cover story on the Vanderbilt Race Centennial Events this weekend. The article by Jim Merritt provided a brief summary of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the plans to celebrate them at the Cradle of Aviation Museum beginning this weekend:
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Sep 01 2010
In Search of Alcos: #1 Alco-6 Black Beast Racer Archives
Links to related posts on the Alco-6 Black Beast Racer on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: September 14, 2011):
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Aug 30 2009
Newsday Article “Black Beast Returns” for the 2009 Vanderbilt Centennial
It was a wonderful day on Sunday at the Nassau Museum of Art for the 6th Annual Vanderbilt Cup Centennial Celebration. "The best "Celebration" so far!" Newsday covered the event in this article "Black Beast Returns" by Erick Badia and photographer Pablo Corradi.
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Jun 18 2009
Newsday- Alco In the Garage
Today's Newsday's "In the Garage" column by David Fluhrer features the Alco--6 Black Beast Racer. Highlights include:
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Feb 18 2009
Newsday “Vanderbilt Museum gets a donation from a Vanderbilt”
Bill Bleyer of Newsday reported on Tuesday that Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Conner of Mahattan, a cousin of Willie K., has contributed $10,000 to help the "financially troubled institution keep its doors open".
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Feb 13 2009
Newsday Cites Sayville Presentation
Newsday cited tomorrow's "Long Island Motor Parkway" presentation at the Sayville Historical Society in its Explore Long Island section.
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Jan 27 2009
Newsday Reports ‘Beast’ race car on display
Sunday's Newsday published an article on the temporary display of the restored Alco in the lobby of the Waterfront Building at
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Nov 14 2008
This Sunday’s Presentation Selected as a Best Bet by Newsday
This Sunday's Farmingdale's presentation was featured in the Explore LI section of Friday's Newsday. Check out image 11 of the photo gallery. This special Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society program will be held at Farmingdale Library beginning at 2:00 PM. It will include a discussion of the Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and rare images of Farmingdale and Bethpage. Admission is free. For information call 1-516-249-3099.
