Vanderbilia Postcard Series #1: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Ron M. Jr: "I love the site. Thank you for your hard work on it. I am a Long Island postcard collector and am wondering if you have a complete 'checklist' of the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup postcards that were produced. I have a few and am interested in learning more about the cards. Any help would be appreciated."
Ron, thanks for the feedback! I do not have a complete list of the Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway postcards. However, your request has triggered an idea for a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series- Vanderbilia Postcards.
Below are 12 postcards issued by the Locomobile Company after the #16 Locomobile became the first American car to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 24, 1908.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Comments
Great photos!
Cool shots- Hey can we buy reprints of the cards ? Great work on this website !
Excellent & enjoyable pictures….
I’m back!! Still no computer,need a new one,trying to keep up with what’s going on here. Didn’t miss too much,luckily. The mystery Fridays have been pretty good.
i live near commack rd and vanderbilt pkwy but for the life of me i can not figure out
how the parkway and commack rd crossed paths without any overpass or underpass, and the locations of the toll houses do not give a clue as to how anyone entered the
parkway without interference from busy (for then) commack rd…....any clues anyone
thanks….kevin
From Art Kleiner:
From the Peter Helck Family Collection comes this letter from friend Al Nagle indicating purchase of a set of the Locomobile postcards.
I have 8 post cards from the October 24 1908 race, is there any value in these.