Tag: Vanderbiltcupraces.com Exclusive
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Feb 03 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos (1958 to 1962) Part 1-Introduction
New series: Never-before published color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum from Richard Weir.
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Dec 31 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Maggie Helck discovers two 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race flags
Maggie Helck, granddaughter of Peter Helck and daughter of Jerry Helck, came to visit the Waterfront at Roslyn to donate some important Vanderbilt Cup Race memorabilia and look through her grandfather's archives.
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Nov 20 2022
Update-Cradle of Aviation Archives: The 1948 purchase of Aircooled Motors, Inc by Tucker Corporation from Republic Aviation
Josh Stoff, curator of the Cradle of Aviation, has forwarded this typed March 20, 1948 press release from the Tucker Corporation announcing the $1.8 million purchase of Aircooled Motors Inc. from Republic Aviation of Farmingdale, New York.
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Oct 29 2022
Update #3-Behind the Scenes: The Long Island Parkway planning map in David’s new play starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses
Following an acclaimed run this spring at the Bridge Theatre in London, Straight Line Crazy, a new play by celebrated British playwright David Hare, will have its exclusive 9-week engagement in October 2022 at The Shed in Hudson Yards in Manhattan.
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Oct 22 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Robert Moses and the battle to acquire land for Cunningham Park
In 1940, Robert Moses wanted to expand Cunningham Park. A look at some Moses documents from the Kroplick collection.
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Mar 27 2022
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The $1,000 check for winning the 1908 Meadow Brook Sweepstakes
To encourage participation for the first races held on the Motor Parkway on October 10, 1908, $1,000 prizes were offered to the winners of the five 1908 sweepstakes.
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Nov 27 2021
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: 12 Previously unpublished photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
I recently purchased an unknown family's scrapbook of 250 photos taken from 1905 to 1914. Highlight are these previously never published 12 photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jun 19 2021
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive Part I: From the Hall/Kraft Family Album-Previously unpublished photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Professor Robert A. Kraft has forwarded photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race found in this grandmother's family photo.
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May 29 2021
Updated: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The one-of-a-kind 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III is headed to the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage
I am pleased to announce that another historic unique automobile has been added to my collection- the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III commissioned by Ford.
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Nov 21 2020
Exclusive: VanderbiltCupRaces.com and Cradle of Aviation to Digitize Thousands of Previously Unpublished Long Island Historic Photos
I am pleased to announce that VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Cradle of Museum have reached an agreement to digitize thousands of negatives and glass plates that will further document the history of Long Island.
