Tag: Westbury
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Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Looking North on Merrick Avenue and Stewart Avenue in 1944
Bill Bellmer, village historian of Garden City, challenged you to solve this weekend's wonderful carless Mystery Foto.
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A Chambers Profile: The Meadow Brook Polo Fields
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #33, Lee Chambers has provided images and observations concerning the polo fields of the Meadow Brook Hunt and Polo Club. Lee grew up in Mitchel Field adjacent to the polo fields.
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Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again with another gem from this aerial treasure chest.
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Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 “Now” Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this former location on the Motor Parkway right-of-way.
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Mystery Foto #29 Solved: An Amazing Aerial of the Open-Air Roosevelt Field Center Circa 1961
The Cradle of Aviation Museum challenged you to identify this amazing aerial from their archives.
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Driver of the Week: Eddie Hearne (1909, 1910 and 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races)
Driver oif the Week is Eddie Hearne, who drove in the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Driver of the Week: George Saltzman (1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race)
Driver of the Week is George Saltzman who drove the #12 Thomas to a 5th place finish in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Hammond’s History: A 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Parking Space Ticket at Pratt’s Farm in Westbury
Gary Hammond has written this post on a special piece of Vanderbilia.
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Vanderbilt Cup Race Historical Marker Installed on Jericho Turnpike In Westbury
On September 17, 2016, the Village of Westbury honored the Vanderbilt Cup Races with the installation of a historic marker near the site of the grandstands for the 1904 and 1906 races.
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The First Documented Automobile Railroad Crossing Accident in the USA as Reported in France in 1901
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, the amazing Ariejan Bos of Netherlands has discovered the December 1, 1901 issue of the French magazine La Vie au Grand Air which described Henri Fournier's encounter with a Long Island Rail Road locomotive. Ariejan has kindly translated the article.