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• Jan 02 2024

  Mystery Friday Foto #52: Solved; The 1907 Thomas Flyer in the Snow

  Did you identify the 1907 Thomas Flyer in the snow in the last mystery photo of 2023?

• Oct 19 2022

  A 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race painting by Peter Helck sold at the RM Sotheby’s October auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania

  Earlier this month RM Sotheby's sold a Peter Helck painting of Old 16 Locomobile and the #12 Thomas competing in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Dec 13 2021

  Mystery Foto #50 Maybe Solved: Two Thomas racers being prepared for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?

• Jan 29 2018

  Mystery Painting #4 Solved: A 1962 Peter Helck Painting of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  This weekend's Mystery Friday painting featured an unusual 1962 Peter Helck painting.

• Dec 16 2016

  Driver of the Week: George Saltzman (1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race)

  Driver of the Week is George Saltzman who drove the #12 Thomas to a 5th place finish in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Nov 11 2016

  Images of America Book: East Meadow by Scott Ackers

  Scott Eckers, author of Images of America: East Meadow, will have a book-signing on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street. I am pleased to have contributed nine images to Scott's outstanding book on my childhood village.

• Jun 13 2016

  Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A Rare View of the Massapequa Lodge on the Motor Parkway

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was a first-ever published view of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

• Feb 15 2016

  Mystery Foto #7 Solved: New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road- A Favorite Viewing Site for the Races

  This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a very busy viewing site for the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Jan 11 2016

  Mystery Foto #2 Solved: Edwin Ross (E.R.) Thomas and Charles Andrew (C.A.) Coey at Krug’s Hotel

  Our second Mystery Foto of 2016 was a real tough one!

• Jan 08 2016

  Museum Road Trip: The Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum

  Last weekend, my friend Jerry Rokoff and I took a road trip to Buffalo to see our New York Jets play the Bills and to visit the amazing Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum.

• Jan 14 2015

  Video: “The Ellison Avenue LIRR Bridge of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”

  The Velocity Channel's 2013 AmeriCARna "Vanderbilt Cup" episode focused on the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island and the Vanderbilt Cup trophy. This three-minute segment highlighted the Elllison Avenue LIRR Bridge on the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course and the creation of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

• Jul 05 2014

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #48: Plainview Road Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)

  The 48th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Plainview Road Bridge in Central Park (now Bethpage). It was one of the original bridges built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Apr 30 2014

  Newsday “LIRR bridge replacement proposed in Westbury”

  The MTA is proposing to build a new bridge over the LIRR tracks at Ellison Avenue in Westbury for $39.2 million. The 1899 bridge was used as part of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course.

• Jan 28 2014

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge

  The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge.

• Dec 26 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16

  The 42nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the "parkway" bridge over Wantagh Avenue in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• Dec 11 2013

  The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #11 Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge

  Going west to east, the tenth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge.

• Nov 30 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #41: The Bloomingdale Road Bridge in Hempstead Plains

  The 41st bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the highway bridge built for the extension of Bloomingdale Road in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• Oct 30 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #39:  Newbridge Road Bridge in Hempstead Plains

  The 39th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Newbridge Road Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• Apr 01 2013

  Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Levittown/Bethpage on May 27, 1947

  Congratulations to Tim, Frank Scotty, Greg Tsistinas, Steve Lucas, Brian McCarthy, Frank Femenias, susansmoose, Gary Hammond, Art K., and Joe Oesterle for correctly identifying last Friday's Mystery Foto.

• Mar 23 2013

  Then & Now: Massapequa Road During the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races

  The intersection of Massapequa-Hicksville Road and the Long Island Motor Parkway was a favorite location for watching for watching the 1908, 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Feb 25 2013

  Mystery Photo Solved #3: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Ellison Road (Avenue) in Westbury

  Last Friday's mystery photos of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race were courtesy of the Witmer Photograph Collection of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society in Port Washington.

• Apr 28 2012

  The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road

  Tim Ivers: "Howard, the 1932 Hagstrom Map shows an overpass over the LIMP (Bloomingdale Road extension) which connected with Hempstead Tpke. The overpass is about halfway between Jerusalem Avenue on the west and Wantagh Rd (Ave.) on the east. Are there any known photos of this overpass, or other information?"

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: December 31, 2011):

• Jun 23 2010

  Then & Now: The Railroad Bridge on Ellison Road in Westbury

  One of the most spectacular vantage points of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course was the Long Island Rail Road Bridge on Ellison Road in Westbury. Drivers mounting the sharp grade of the bridge would often find the wheels of their cars lifting off the road as if they…

• Feb 06 2010

  Starting Lineup: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  These are the 17 cars that raced in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 24, 1908. The race was run over a 23.46 mile course including 8 miles of the Long Island Motor Parkway. The winner needed to complete 11 laps of the course…