Tag: Westbury
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Jul 02 2018
Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 “Now” Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this former location on the Motor Parkway right-of-way.
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Jul 24 2017
Mystery Foto #29 Solved: An Amazing Aerial of the Open-Air Roosevelt Field Center Circa 1961
The Cradle of Aviation Museum challenged you to identify this amazing aerial from their archives.
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Dec 30 2016
Driver of the Week: Eddie Hearne (1909, 1910 and 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races)
Driver oif the Week is Eddie Hearne, who drove in the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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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.
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Dec 14 2016
Hammond’s History: A 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Parking Space Ticket at Pratt’s Farm in Westbury
Gary Hammond has written this post on a special piece of Vanderbilia.
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Oct 05 2016
Vanderbilt Cup Race Historical Marker Installed on Jericho Turnpike In Westbury
On September 17, 2016, the Village of Westbury honored the Vanderbilt Cup Races with the installation of a historic marker near the site of the grandstands for the 1904 and 1906 races.
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Sep 28 2016
The First Documented Automobile Railroad Crossing Accident in the USA as Reported in France in 1901
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, the amazing Ariejan Bos of Netherlands has discovered the December 1, 1901 issue of the French magazine La Vie au Grand Air which described Henri Fournier's encounter with a Long Island Rail Road locomotive. Ariejan has kindly translated the article.
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Sep 26 2016
Mystery Foto #39 Solved:The First Documented Automobile Railroad Crossing Accident in the USA Update
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this never-before-published Mystery Foto.
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Sep 03 2016
Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History
The location of the grandstand area for the 1904 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was recently designated by the Village of Westbury as one of six historic landmark sites. Reporter Leigh Anderson takes a "closer look" in this week's issue of Westbury Times.
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Aug 19 2016
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Helck Family Collection- Driver Louis Wagner
For 23 years, artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. This friendship was marked a multitude of correspondence between France and the USA, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner.
