Tag: Garden City Hotel
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A 1924 aerial of the Garden City Hotel
Justin Kelly of the Garden City Golf Club has forwarded this 1924 aerial of the Garden City Hotel.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Tidbits of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race from “The Automobile”
Much coverage of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was given by the October editions of "The Automobile" magazine. One page in the October 29th edition contained several items not newsworthy enough for full coverage but none the less interesting footnotes. Here are some of them.
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Mystery Foto #37 Solved: Cherry Valley Club, Garden City Hotel & Roosevelt Field in 1936
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again to find the Motor Parkway and more in another classic aerial.
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Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck Recalls the Greatest Vintage Car Event in Long Island’s History
Among the treasures discovered in the Helck Family Collection is an unedited 128-page biographical document written by Peter Helck. In the first post from these memoirs, Peter Helck recalls the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on Long Island.
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Ads From the Long Island Automobile Club 1902 Offical Program “One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test”
On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." I recently purchased the official program for this event which was part of a scrapbook owned by W. Wallace Grant, the president of the club.
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Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Garden City Hotel Being Demolished in 1973
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a very sad moment for a historic Long Island building courtesy of the Garden City Archives.
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Mystery Foto #64 Solved:George Robertson & Glenn Ethridge at the 50th Anniversary of the 1904 Race
This week's Mystery Foto documented a historic event.
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The Garden City Hotel- Headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission
The Garden City Hotel, the largest and most exclusive hotel on Long Island, served as the headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission from 1904 to 1910.
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Then & Now: The Garden City Hotel
Since 1901 the largest and grandest hotel on Long Island was the Garden City Hotel... a perfect choice for a VanderbiltCupRaces.com "Then & Now".
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Film “The Greatest Vintage Automobile Event Ever Held on Long Island”
In my opinion, the greatest vintage automobile event ever held on Long Island occurred on October 9, 1954 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race. The event was organized by Long Island Old Car Club and the Mineola Fair and Industrial Exposition.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…