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  • Oct 17 2012

    1904 Renault Vanderbilt Cup Racer

    The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) has forwarded this marvelous photo from their archives of the 1904 Renault Vanderbilt Cup Racer.

  • Sep 07 2010

    Was the “Man in the Leopard Coat”  the Inspiration for Jay Gatsby?

    One of my favorite 1904 photos in my Vanderbilt Cup Race book showed this fashion conscious group of men. My caption began: "In the custom of the day, the crowds typically wore their finest clothes to great public events such as the Vanderbilt Cup Race..."



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Apr 22 2018 Hi Maureen:   What a great surprise on our website today !! It brought back many memories of our travels and we must have

Apr 21 2018 the picture of the museum was early the first year as the olds wasn’t over the door yet ant the flag pole isnt there

Apr 20 2018 Eric—-this is the section you were talking about in the last post. SB III—-We will get into more detail on the

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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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