Greg O’s Garage: Rare photos from the collection of Henry Austin Clark, Jr. Part 2
A treasure trove of rare photos from Henry Austin Clark Jr. have been discovered in the Walter McCarthy Archives.
Many of these photos haven't been seen in decades.
Most of the photos here in part 2 are from the 1960 antique car rally that Austin Clark organized to the Museum of the City of New York on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
For Part 1 click HERE.
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The 1960 Austin Clark Rally to the Museum of the City of New York
1904 Mercedes
1907 Panhard-Levassor
1908 Lancia
1909 Hupmobile
1911 American Underslung
1912 Packard Laudaulet
A Ford Speedster and 1912 Thomas in the background
A fun display inside the museum
A couple of photos of attendees at the rally. Henry Austin Clark Jr. can be seen on the very left edge of the photo.
An 8-minute film of the 1960 rally. Most of the above autos can be seen in the film
LIAM Postcards and Miscellaneous Photos
While visiting the LI Automotive Museum, visitors could buy postcards of the cars in the collection. Hundreds of cards were standard size, but about 10 were the 'giant' 6"x 9" cards. Thousands of smaller cards still exist, but not many of the giant cards do.
Here's two.
1916 Packard Twin 6 Touring Car
1904 Franklin Rear Entrance Touring Car
Antique autos in front of Rothmann's Steak House in East Norwich, Long Island in the late 50's
1934 Pierce-Arrow Convertible Sedan
It is unclear the origination of this photo.
Caption;
"Filming a re-enactment of crazy rules of the road. If a horse refused to pass- the owner of the car had to disassemble and hide the car in the bushes."
Maybe someone can shed a little light on these odd two photos.
Hiding the disassembled car in the bushes
A staged fire, no doubt a job for the Sandy Hollow Fire Dept.!
Comments
In the 10th photo, Charles Addams is on the left.
Thanks for these great photos. Glad to say Rothmans is still in business. Although it hurts a bit to know I had been there around when that photo was taken.
The Undersling is a 1912 Model 34, owned at the time by Fran Ludington. He found it, complete and unrestored, some time around 1949, and managed to acquire it for $0 [zero]. See http://www.stanleyregister.net/AmericanUnderslung/ExistingCars/1912_34_exLudington.html
That would be “UnderslUng.”
great stuff most enjoyable
The 1912 Thomas, seen in “A Ford Speedster and 1912 Thomas in the background,” is at the Seal Cove Auto Museum. The car was featured in a LIAM postcard. The Museum has its provenance well documented.
The Rothman’s bought the East Norwich Inn (a tavern) that goes back to the 1700s in 1907 when no VCR race that year and the last of the racecourse that went thru East Norwich in 1905-06. The family sold the place in early 1970s to developer who built the Motel behind the restaurant, the sold to Burt Bacharach the composer and his Angie Dickerson the actress and the whole complex was known as Burt Bacharach Inn. They kept it for some time then sold to Anthony Sotto who mutilated the restaurant to become Boulder Creek a mall type restaurant that didn’t do well in snooty North Shore location. It was sold to group who had try to recreate the old Rothman’s front (almost), now known as Chas. Rothman Inn.
Sorry, it’s ROTHMANN’S
Love that Pierce-Arrow,,,
Another correction, It’s now Chas. Rothmann’s Steakhouse.
I know the granddaughter of the portly bald gent in black as Paul Rothmann who owns the ‘56 Caddy. he trades in every year for a new Caddy from Mitchell Olds Cadillac. he and his three? brothers ran Rothmann’s them days.
The developer I had mention was just a new owner of the place and had the motel built and was a co-owner with Burt Bacharach using his name for the place.