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May 22 2013
Alco Black Beast to Return to the Wounded Warrior Car Show & Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival
Two of my favorite car shows for wonderful causes are the Car Show Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project and the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival.
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May 21 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting & Presentation “Deadman’s Curve” , Bethpage
The Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society will be meeting at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the Bethpage Library. (3 comments)
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May 20 2013
Mystery Foto Friday #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile
This trick Mystery Foto has been solved: It is a 2013 black and white photo of a scratch-built model of "Old 16" built by Frank Schaeffer. (12 comments)
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May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown. (5 comments)
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May 17 2013
Upcoming Long Island Automotive Events (Updated: May 19, 2013)
Details and flyers on upcoming Long Island automotive events through May 2013.
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May 15 2013
2013 Long Island Cruises (Latest Update: May 19, 2013)
Cruise season begins in May! Please recommend or revise any other Long Island cruises in the Comments section. (9 comments)
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May 14 2013
Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Sold on eBay for $2,300
The small Locomobile Vanderbilt Cups is one of the most collectible of Vanderbilia. A Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup was sold on EBay last week for $2,300.
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May 13 2013
Mystery Friday Foto Solved #15: William K. Vanderbilt Jr. on the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
The Mystery Friday Foto has been solved: It was Willie K driving his 1903 Mercedes at Krug's Corner in Mineola during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (9 comments)
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May 11 2013
A Mother’s Day Tribute: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
In celebration of Mother's Day, this is a photo tribute to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s mother Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
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May 08 2013
Inspiration for the Mansions of “The Great Gatsby” & The Hempstead House Screening Gala
Literary scholars believe two inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby may have been William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s mother's Beacon Towers and John Scott Browning, Sr.'s Land's End, both located in Sands Point. (5 comments)
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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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