Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: New Hyde Park

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  Jun 08 2021

  New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

  I wrote this brief article for this week's Guide to New Hyde Park published by the New Hyde Park Herald Courier.

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  May 30 2017

  The Day the Long Island Motor Parkway in Nassau County Actually Closed

  Reflecting the impact of the Depression and the ever expanding Northern and Southern State Parkways, the Motor Parkway officially closed on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938. However, Mitch Kahn found this cover article in the July 2, 1938 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle indicating the Nassau County section of…

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  Apr 28 2014

  Mystery Foto #65 Solved:The “Robert Moses” Eastern Motor Parkway Bridge Over Northern State Parkway

  Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto bridge.

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  Dec 28 2013

  Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In celebration of its surprising third place finish in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Locomobile Company of Bridgeport , Connecticut published a series of 12 postcards showing the #7 racer driven by Joe Tracy and Al Poole.

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  Oct 05 2013

  1947 Brochure “Horseless Carriages: Collection of Leo Peters

  Floral Park Historian and automotive historian Walter Gosden has provided a 1947 brochure highlighting the car collection of Leo Peters of New Hyde Park.

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  Jan 29 2013

  Then & Now: New Hyde Park Turn

  One of the six exciting turns in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the intersection of Lakeville Road and Jericho Turnpike.