Tag: Long Island Automobile Club
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Mar 13 2018
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: A 1909 Long Island Automobile Club Membership Cup
Karen Rose was looking for your assistance in identifying this Long Island racing trophy which she recently purchased at the recent Barrett Jackson auction.
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Feb 27 2018
My Long Island Motor Parkway License Plate Collection
Among the most sought-after pieces of Vanderbilia are the porcelain Motor Parkway license plates. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates.
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Oct 28 2017
Updated (11/3/17): The Course for the Long Island Automobile Club’s 1902 100-Mile Endurance Test
On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." In tonight's post, the program's description of the 100-mile course in Queens and Nassau County is featured.
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Oct 14 2017
Ads From the Long Island Automobile Club 1902 Offical Program “One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test”
On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." I recently purchased the official program for this event which was part of a scrapbook owned by W. Wallace Grant, the president of the club.
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Sep 23 2017
The 1897 Grant-The Oldest Automobile on Long Island
At the 1925 Brooklyn Automobile Show, a contest was held to locate the "oldest car on Long Island." The winner was a 1897 Grant created by W. Wallace Grant, the former president of the Long Island Automobile Club.
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Aug 28 2017
Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi’s Hotel
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mar 01 2017
The Oldest Porcelain Road Signs in the United States Posted by the Long Island Automobile Club
Just months after being founded in October 1900, the Long Island Automobile Club posted 20" x9" porcelain road signs on the major Long Island roads. Each blue and white sign included the club's name and directions to the nearest village(s).
