Tag: A.l. Riker
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Rare Officials’ Armbands from the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Here are more Vanderbilia purchased last week at Jerry Lettieri's Automobilia Auction.
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Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested
Did you identify this new race car being tested from the Helck Family Collection?
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Update: Mystery Friday Foto #48 Solved: The 1901 Riker Torpedo setting the one-mile land speed record for electrics in Coney Island
Did you identify this photo from November 16,1901?
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Greg O’s Garage: The first Automobile Publication; The Horseless Age Part 2
A new series of posts examining the first automotive publication, The Horseless Age
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Greg O’s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Stocks and Bonds
Rare Stock and Bond certificates discovered in the Helck Family archives.
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Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Mystery Foto #21 Solved: 1906 90 HP Locomobile with designer A.L. Riker, driver Joe Tracy and mechanician Al Poole on Riverside Drive, Manhattan
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto and Auto?
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Helck Family Collection: The 1942 Bill of Sale From Joseph B. Sessions for Old 16
Another gem of the Helck Family Collection treasure is the original January 30, 1942 bill of sale transferring the 1906 Old 16 Locomobile from the estate of Joseph B. Sessions to Peter Helck .
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive-The Helck Family Memoirs #2: Joe Tracy and the Cotter Pin in 1906
Jerry Helck, former owner of the Old 16 Locomobile and son of the great artist Peter Helck, has agreed to share family memoirs related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races. The second post in the series provides the story of how driver Joe Tracy and mechanician Al Poole prepared the #12…
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The First Automobile Race Held on Long Island (April 14, 1900) Updated: 7/3/15
On April 14, 1900 the Automobile Club of America organized the first automobile race held on Long Island. The 50-mile race was held on Merrick Road from the Springfield Boulevard intersection in Queens to Bablyon in Suffolk County and back.
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