Tag: Roslyn
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Jul 09 2018
Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
The town historian of North Hempstead (me) challenged you to identify the automobile in this vintage ad.
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Feb 19 2018
Updated 2/21/18: Mystery Foto #7 Solved: The Roslyn Motors Lincoln Dealership in 1926
Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to solve this very challenging Mystery Foto.
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Feb 03 2018
Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck’s Illustrated Wagner Envelopes
The great racing artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, for 13 years from 1947 to 1960. This friendship was marked by a multitude of correspondence between Montlhery, France and Millerton, New York, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner.
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Nov 24 2017
Video of the Week: Car vs. America- The Vanderbilt Cup Race Episode
The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Alco Black Beast were featured in the November 4, 2017 episode of Car vs America on Fusion TV. Here is a five-minute segment from the show.
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Nov 15 2017
Vanderbilt Cup Races & the Alco Black Beast To Be Highlighted on Tonight’s “Car vs America”
The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Alco Black Beast will be highlighted on a repeat episode tonight of Car vs America on Fusion TV.
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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).
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Feb 27 2016
George Robertson: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Who Helped Beautify Roslyn
While working on a Town Historian project last week on the history of Gerry Pond Park, I discovered that George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, played a major role in the development of the park.
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Jul 13 2014
The Black Beauty Meets The Black Beast in Roslyn
Last week, the Black Beast teamed up with a special Gibson Les Paul "Black Beauty", one of the guitars used by the Pretenders' James Honeyman-Scott.
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Jun 16 2014
Mystery Foto #72 Solved: Arthur Duray Driving the #18 Lorraine-Dietrich During the 1906 Race
Bill Bellmer, member of the Village of Garden City Planning Commission, forwarded this week's Mystery Foto.
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Jan 26 2014
Images of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner: Louis Wagner
Several of my favorite Louis Wagner images and a film clip from the 1906 race.
