Tag: Apperson
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Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast.
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Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The Apperson Jack Rabbit Racer Built for the 1906 American Elimination Trial
Ronald Sieber challenged you to solve this Mystery Foto of a racer built specifically for a Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Mystery Foto #90 Solved (Updated 10/21/14): The 1902 ACA New York to Boston Reliability Run
At the dawn of the birth of the automobile, long distance reliability runs were held by automobile clubs to evaluate the comparative endurance of automobiles by manufacturer and engine type; gas, steam and electric.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #35: The “Meadowbrook” Bridge in East Meadow
The 35th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the "Meadowbrook" parkway bridge over Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) in East Meadow.
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Mystery Foto #26 Solved: George Robertson’s Accident During the 1906 American Trial
This week's Mystery Foto comes from the collection of Paul Osika, one of my favorite Hershey vendors.
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An Amazing Discovery from the Pickering Collection-The 1906 #10 Apperson
William Pickering was one of the earliest Long Island photographers documenting many of the people, buildings and events in Nassau County including the Vanderbilt Cup Races. On Wednesday, Catherine Pickering and I examined her collection of photos and postcards created by her grandfather. The above unmarked photo of a car…
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…