Tag: Nathan Lazarnick
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Kleiner’s Korner: The 1st Automobile on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
Which car had the honor of being the first on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race course?
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Vintage Motorsport: Candid Cameras- The story behind Nathan Lazarnick and F. Ed Spooner
Nathan Lazarnick and Ed Spooner and their associates were the great photographers of the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In the July/August issue of Vintage Motorsport, Charles B. Camp documented "the flash in the pan twins."
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Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The N6 Cadillac Getting Ready to Start in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Marion Spooner Photographed at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This holiday Mystery Foto was taken by a professional photographer.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: High-Resolution Photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
While looking through her great-grandmother's box of family memorabilia, Barbara Z. discovered seven Old Westbury photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. These photos, likely taken by Nathan Lazarnick or photographers from Spooner & Wells, are in perfect condition and will be presented in a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive series.
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Gregg D. Merksamer: “Remembering the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race”
The most exciting and spectacular automobile race ever held in Westchester County is considered the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race. Run six months before the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Briarcliff race attracted skilled drivers and over 100,000 spectators along the 32.4-mile course.
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Favorite Website: A Treasure of 34,407 Automotive Photos Posted Online
The Detroit Public Library has posted 34,407 photos from their National Automotive Collection.
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Archives: Favorite Website: Vanderbilt Cup Races
Links to favorite websites related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races:
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An Alco Racer and its Infamous Owner- Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
In addition to the Alco-6 Black Beast Racer, the American Locomotive Company built at least three other race cars including an Alco Racer owned by Grover Cleveland Bergdoll (1893-1966). In this photo taken by Nathan Lazarnick, Bergdoll appears to be working on the removable rim of his Alco.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…