Tag: W. Wallace Grant
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Oct 28 2017
Updated (11/3/17): The Course for the Long Island Automobile Club’s 1902 100-Mile Endurance Test
On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." In tonight's post, the program's description of the 100-mile course in Queens and Nassau County is featured.
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Oct 14 2017
Ads From the Long Island Automobile Club 1902 Offical Program “One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test”
On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." I recently purchased the official program for this event which was part of a scrapbook owned by W. Wallace Grant, the president of the club.
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Sep 23 2017
The 1897 Grant-The Oldest Automobile on Long Island
At the 1925 Brooklyn Automobile Show, a contest was held to locate the "oldest car on Long Island." The winner was a 1897 Grant created by W. Wallace Grant, the former president of the Long Island Automobile Club.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…