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• Mar 27 2019

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  As requested by Sam Berliner III, this is a photo of the 1907 Flyer that won the 1908 New York to Paris Race in the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. Courtesy of Walter McCarthy.

• Jan 11 2016

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• Jan 08 2016

  Museum Road Trip: The Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum

  Last weekend, my friend Jerry Rokoff and I took a road trip to Buffalo to see our New York Jets play the Bills and to visit the amazing Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum.

• Nov 02 2013

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• Aug 06 2012

  Race Profile: The 1905 American Elimination Trial

  According to the Vanderbilt Cup Race rules, America could enter a maximum of five automobiles in the 1905 race. On September 23, 1905, the American Elimination Trial was held to determine the five entries from 12 American candidates.

• Feb 15 2012

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  Robert Thomas: "Montague Roberts was my great uncle."

• Nov 02 2011

  CSI Report:Montague Roberts and Robert Jardine in the 1905 American Elimination Trial

  Steve Lucas forwarded a request from Barbara Russell, the Brookhaven Town Historian, to help identify two photos recently discovered in their archives. Steve wrote: "She was hoping that you could identify them as to date, event, place, and type of car. They appear to be a race and thought maybe…

• Jul 27 2010

  Inside the Long Island Automotive Museum

  Tom commented: "Does anyone actually have any interior shots of the L.I. Auto museum? I have never had the chance to visit when it was open and I have not ever seen any interior shots. Perhaps no inside photos were allowed. But would be interesting to see if some…

• Jun 09 2010

  Mystery Foto: The Five Drivers in the 1940 Mystery Photo

  Congratulations to Michael Ferner of Bitburg, Germany for correctly identifying the drivers in VanderbiltCupRaces.com's first Mystery Photo Contest. Here are the five drivers who posed at an Automobile Oldtimers Club meeting in November 1940.

• Dec 15 2009

  Starting Lineup: The 1905 American Elimination Trial

  Twelve cars were scheduled to compete in the 1905 American Elimination Trial. The race was held on September 23, 1905 to help determine the five American entrants for the Vanderbilt Cup Race: