VOICES & VISIONS: Howard Kroplick – Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/28/2013
10:00 am

Location
Heckscher Museum of Art

Category(ies)

• Lecture
• Museum

VOICES & VISIONS: Howard Kroplick

The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island

10:00 am Bagel Brunch, 11:00 am Lecture

“Chain your dogs and lock up your fowls!” heralded posters throughout Long Island in announcing the first international road race ever to be held in America.  From 1904 to 1910, six Vanderbilt Cup Races were held on Long Island. This program will relive auto racing’s earliest triumphs including the development of the Long Island Motor Parkway—the first road built exclusively for the automobile. Howard Kroplick, Town Historian for North Hempstead, has extensively researched the races and written two books on the subject.  His presentation will feature photos from the private archives of William K Vanderbilt, Jr., rare race films, and an assortment of “Vanderbilia.”

1909 Alco Black Beast, 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Winner will be on view during the program.

Advance registration is strongly recommended.

Members $10, Non-Members$15