1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Oct 21 2019
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Oct 14 2019
Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)
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Sep 30 2019
Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (6 comments)
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Jun 26 2019
Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup- America’s first internationally recognized road-race
The August 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car features an excellent review of the Vanderbilt Cup Races by Jeff Koch with the assistance of photos from my collection. (2 comments)
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Jan 26 2019
From the Pau Thesis: The Dunlop Advertising Campaign After the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Professor Pau Madrano Bigas, our good friend in Barcelona, has informed me that his successful thesis dissertation "The Forgotten Years of Bibendum. Michelin’s American Period in Milltown: Design, Illustration and Advertising by Pioneer Tire Companies (1900-1930)" is now available online in English. (1 comments)
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Jan 14 2019
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Owner of Paul Sartori’s FIAT
I challenged you to identify this prominent gentleman. (5 comments)
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Nov 03 2018
Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast. (14 comments)
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Oct 08 2018
Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Clearing the 1905 Course for Vincenzo Lancia’s #4 FIAT
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented three people in a Vanderbilt Cup race car. (10 comments)
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May 12 2018
The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races Rediscovered in Smithtown
Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy Wagner. (6 comments)
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Mar 13 2018
Highlights From the Westhampton Historical Society Vanderbilt Cup Races Presentation
Every seat was taken at last Sunday's presentation "The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races: The Impact on Long Island" sponsored by the Westhampton Historical Society. (2 comments)
