Vanderbilt Cup Races

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Apr 12 2024
Good News: The missing 1931 Motor Parkway Plate from the Himes Museum has been found

I am pleased to announce that Marty Himes' missing Long Island Motor Parkway Plate has been found in the museum property.
Apr 03 2024
The REAL ladies of The Gilded Age from Julian Fellowes’ HBO Show, ‘The Gilded Age’

Julian Fellowes' HBO period drama The Gilded Age, dubbed the 'US Downton Abbey', is about to start filming season 3, and will bring the usual cast of glamorous, privileged and exceeding wealthy personalities to our screens.
Mar 23 2024
The Irish Volunteers at the Vanderbilt Cup Races

Author and Mitchel Field historian Paul R. Martin III's wonderful excerpt from his book 'Beneath the Shadows of Wings' about the Irish Volunteers and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Mar 12 2024
A Lodge Keeper’s 1933 Motor Parkway Plate

Bill Cruickshank has forwarded this image of his grandfather's 1933 Long Island Motor Parkway plate.
Feb 14 2024
The Roslyn Hill Climb in the 1901 Long Island Endurance Test

A look at the 'contests-within-a-contest' during the Long Island Endurance Run on April 20, 1901.
Feb 02 2024
Tucker 1021’s new home at the Martin Automobile Museum in Glendale, Arizona

The Martin Auto Museum and Event Center in Glendale, Arizona is displaying Tucker #1021
Jan 26 2024
A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February

The Harborfields Library in Greenlawn is hosting a Vanderbilt Cup Races/Long Island Motor Parkway display for the month of February
Jan 17 2024
The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today

Property owner Emil 'Skip' Norsic's tribute to Henry Austin Clark's LI Automotive Museum
Dec 27 2023
Murder on the Motor Parkway!

On August 5, 1933, a body was found near the western terminus of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows.
Dec 19 2023
The Amick Windmobile and Amick A-135

Before the 1984 Tritan A2 Domino's 'Pizza Rocket', there was the Windmobile prototype and the A-135