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Dec 12 2018
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: A Motor Parkway Survey Team in Lake Success in 1909
In the fourth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, Clinton's Motor Parkway survey team in Lake Success (Lakeville) is featured. (0 comments)
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Dec 11 2018
The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this 1928 aerial showing the same area as last Friday's Mystery Foto from the viewpoint looking north. (0 comments)
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Dec 10 2018
Mystery Foto #49 Solved:Hazelhurst Field, Garden City Lodge,Curtiss Engineering & Camp Mills in 1918
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again to identify another amazing previously unpublished Mystery Foto. (26 comments)
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Dec 08 2018
Updated: The 1940 Membership of the Long Island Aviation Club
In my effort to collect everything related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway, years ago I purchased the 1940 membership book of the Aviation Club of Long Island (Long Island Aviation Club). It turns out to be an important research tool for Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck (4 comments)
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Dec 07 2018
Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway- The World’s First Highway
This two-minute video posted by A Fork in a World of Soup Productions in 2012 provides a nice introduction to our favorite historic parkway. (1 comments)
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Dec 05 2018
Kroplick Diaries: A Tribute to President George H.W. Bush
In honor of President George H.W. Bush, here is a brief and funny story remembering the time that I met our 41st President. (6 comments)
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Dec 04 2018
Hunting Down the Barn-Find Tucker 1044 in 2016
Mark Lieberman spent years tracking down an elusive Tucker. Mark has forwarded several 2016 photos of Tucker 1044 on the day that he was able to purchase this "barn-find". (1 comments)
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Dec 03 2018
Mystery Foto #48 Solved: An Aerial of the Historic Village of Roslyn (Circa 1975-1977)
In celebration of the beginning of the restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill, the Roslyn Landmark Society has launched a daily photo series on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The Society needs your assistance in dating this aerial of Tower Place in Roslyn (Photo #16 in the series). (14 comments)
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Dec 01 2018
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
In the third of the series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the Motor Parkway Bridge under Old Country Road in Mineola/Carle Place/Garden City is featured. (9 comments)
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Nov 30 2018
Video of the Week: Jay Leno’s Ride in the Hemi Under Glass Barracuda
Harmel Mermel has forwarded this weekend's video of the week. (1 comments)
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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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