Tag: Virginia Vanderbilt
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Mar 21 2018
From the Simeone Museum: Celebrating the Renault Roadsters
Dr. Fred Simeone and Chris Webb of the Simeone Automotive Museum have forwarded images from the museum's 2018 calendar celebrating the Renault Vanderbilt Racers.
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Dec 09 2017
The Hunt for the Treasures of Virginia “Birdie” Vanderbilt’s Estate in Brookville
The Long Island estate of Birdie Vanderbilt seen in Mystery Foto #47 continues to amaze. Last Wednesday, a small group of neighbors and VanderbiltCupRaces.com explorers were given the opportunity to hunt for Mrs. Vanderbilt's treasures remaining at her former Brookville estate.
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Nov 28 2017
Update: Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Long Island Estate of Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt
This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before published aerial of a Vanderbilt estate.
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Oct 21 2017
Updated: Article “The Vanderbilt Renaults” by Marvin McFalls
As a follow-up to the reunion of four Renault Vanderbilt Racers at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Marvin McFalls, president of the Renault Owners Club of North America, has provided this definitive article on these amazing racers linked to Willie K.
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Jun 15 2017
Answers to the Questions Raised at the Connetquot Public Library Presentation
It was an excellent turnout at last night's presentation at the Connetquot Public Library. Here are the answers to the questions raised during the lively discussions of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Aug 02 2016
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Willie K and Birdie Vanderbilt at the 1899 Newport Parade in a Locomobile
Bruce Adams challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto.
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Jun 21 2016
Translation: December 1906 Les Sports Modernes: The Vanderbilt Cup in America
Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Race from a December 1906 French magazine Les Sportes Modernes. Sam Berliner III has provided its English translation.
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May 25 2016
From the Library of Congress: Spectators at the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The Bain Collection at the Library of Congress includes 49 exciting photos of the Vanderbilt Cup Races. These images focus on the spectators.
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Dec 29 2015
Willie K. and Virginia Vanderbilt’s Mansion at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
In 1905 William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his wife Virginia (Birdie) decided to build a Manhattan mansion on property given to them by Willie K.'s parents. Here is the story behind Willie K. and Birdie's 660 Fifth Avenue mansion.
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Dec 21 2015
Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The #10 Renault at the Start of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented the start of a Vanderbilt Cup racer.
