Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Greenvale

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  Apr 05 2021

  Mystery Foto #14 Solved: Walter Christie making the Bull’s Head Turn during a practice run

  Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?

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  Feb 24 2021

  A great-grandson recalls his family’s Bulls Head Hotel, Auto & Wagon Shed located in Bulls Head (North Roslyn, Greenvale)

  On the roslynlandmarks.org website, Fred Blumlein fondly recalls Bulls Head Hotel, his great-grandfather's hotel and auto and wagon shed, which was located on the corner of Glen Cove Road and Northern Boulevard in Bulls Head (later North Roslyn and now Greenvale). Fred's information is reposted here.

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  Dec 09 2019

  Mystery Foto #49 Solved: Bulls Head Hotel in Greenvale (North Roslyn) Circa 1934-1936

  This weekend's Mystery Photo was a busy location on courses for the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Sep 26 2015

  Anatomy of a Peter Helck Painting: Bulls Head Turn

  In 1941 Peter Helck created this marvelous painting of Joe Tracy in his Locomobile battling Ferenc Szisz in a Renault at Bulls Head Turn in Greenvale during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

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  Jan 20 2015

  Walter C. White- Driver of the Only Non-Gasoline Powered Racer in the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  One of the most unique racers in the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the White Steamer. Built by a sewing machine and driven by Walter C. White, the son of the company's founder, the White Steamer competed in the 1905 American Elimination Trial and the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

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  Mar 10 2014

  Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905

  This week's Mystery Foto featured the only steam-powered car to race in the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Feb 28 2012

  A Recently Rediscovered Peter Helck Painting “Bulls Head Turn”

  Jim Blanchard has forwarded an image of this spectacular Peter Helck painting.

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  Apr 12 2011

  The Garages of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Shannon McDonald (Author of the book The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form): "Were there any garages associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races?"

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  May 28 2009

  Vanderbilt Cup Race Art from West Wales

  From the spectacular paintings of Peter Helck to the tin can art of David Wasserman, the action and passion of the Vanderbilt Cup Races have inspired artists for over 100 years. Today, David Holland, an artist specializing in motorsports from West Wales, continues to portray the…