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Mar 18 2024 Howard Kroplick 4:18 PM

Bob, the plates were purchased by members of the Wheatley Hills Golf Club and Links Golf Club. Both clubs had private entrances off the Motor Parkway. Enjoy, Howard Kroplick

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Mar 18 2024 Mark Schaier 8:47 AM

Further comments of my photos that I posted Mar.14. The first is the 1910 Mitchell model S in the same setup as the first photo. The Colonel (as he prefered to be called, not Teddy like in Teddy Bear) The car being 1910 a year after he had served as president, a privite citizen. At Sagamore Hill, There’s former tool shed that became a garage for the goverment car during his time as president then as a priviite citizen. They always a had chauffeur, his wife Edith did not want TR to drive! So when TR and chauffuer were driven out of area, stop, and he asked the chauffuer to switch places so he can drive.

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Mar 18 2024 joseph DeBono 6:13 AM

I also have a 1928 Long Island Motor Parkway green and yellow golf plate

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Mar 17 2024 Bob Allen 9:32 PM

As always, thank you Howard for another interesting article.  But can you explain what a golf club plate is?  I just did a quick little google and didn’t find anything…
Thanks, Bob Allen

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Mar 17 2024 Peter Shriver 2:21 PM

That is so exciting! Plan to go. Thank you for letting us know!

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Mar 17 2024 Gwen Ackley 2:17 PM

Per the State of Connecticut List of Motor Vehicles, 1913 edition, the Connecticut License plate C9379 was registered to Chas. E. Zink, M.D. of Durham, CT.

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Mar 17 2024 Rich Rosenblum 12:53 PM

Superb historical photos and background!

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Mar 16 2024 Dennis 12:26 PM

This was fascinating! Loved seeing all the variations. I hope there are still a few more out there waiting to be discovered.

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Mar 14 2024 Mark Schaier 11:03 PM

A view of ‘Colonel’ Rossevelt driving a 1912 Haynes Model 21.

From Mystery Friday Foto #10 Solved; Theodore Roosevelt goes for an automobile ride

Mar 14 2024 Mark Schaier 10:58 PM

A better view

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Mar 13 2024 Renato 6:30 PM

What an fantastic article. I’m a researcher on santos dumont and there are plenty of pictures of him on this wondeful event. It’s interesting that on those years his connection with the US was really intense. On your image collection would you have more images of him? His is on that trophy picture. And he was one of the main guests.
Could we talk about your images?

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Mar 11 2024 Roger Price 8:23 PM

I loved seeing those great photos of Austin’s Simplex.  I remember when he just received the car back from its restoration.  Wow, what a beautiful car!  I believe I have a post card with a photo of the Simplex.
Thanks for the memories.
Rog

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Mar 10 2024 Mark Lanese 11:03 PM

Fun interesting stories Art. Keep em coming.

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Mar 10 2024 Steven vilardi 8:47 PM

Mystery photo #10 That building behind what I believe is fur collared TR in that sporty car is rather out of the ordinary. The window closest to us is out of perspective with the other windows. I think the door and the window are part of a round corner castle like turret. Notice also the side yard. The brick structure may be a church rectory or convent in an urban area. I was almost going to say it was his brick office in oyster bay that has since been extensively modified. The diameter of that turret is to small, there was a possibility of a lot north of the building but the next building north is too large to have been in that one time residential area.

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Mar 10 2024 Steve Lucas 4:41 PM

The passenger is Theodore Roosevelt. He was the first sitting U. S. President to ride PUBLICLY in an automobile although not in the car in this photo. This car is a 1910 Mitchell Model S. I think the photo is from sometime in 1913 since the license plate looks like a 1913 Connecticut plate. Since the location look like NYC, and if it is a 1913 photo, then maybe TR was attending the 69th. Regiment Art Show on 23rd. Street which was only a few blocks from his childhood home on 20th. Street. The significance of the plate? - No clue.

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Mar 10 2024 al velocci 3:33 PM

Gram, your comments about the automotive memorabilia remined me of the time I first met Henry Austin Clark Jr. It was at the time he was disposing some of his automobiles.  Around the same time, (help me out here Walt,) he was holding on Saturdays, a “iron range” sale of automotive parts and collectibles. At the time I was restoring a 1925 Mack Truck and needed among other items, a pair of 1925 New York commercial license plates. When I inquired about the possibility of him having a pair, he said, “go up those stairs”  Up I went to this area not opened to the public. I found a beautiful pair of plates I wanted among hundreds and hundreds of well organized license plates from all over the world. These were among easily a dozen of other automotive collectible categories.

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Mar 10 2024 Roy Warner 3:21 PM

1. Of course, it’s Oyster Bay’s most distinguished citizen - Teddy Roosevelt.
2. A guess - the first former President to ride in a car.
3. Absolutely no idea. However, Teddy was wealthy enough to afford the best. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the best car was back then. The car appears not to have a crank in front. If so, it must have had a self-starter. Maybe a Benz or a Pierce Arrow.
4. Probably just after Taft was inaugurated as President in March, 1909. Teddy was Police Comm of the City of NY in the 19th century. So, the police station, as it was, was probably in Oyster Bay or Nassau Co; Teddy was at the dedication of the first “modern” courthouse in Nassau (now Franklin Ave & Old Ctry Rd), which was in 1905. I also don’t see any Secret Service personnel, which was not provided to former presidents at the time. Plus, the winter coat. So, my guess is sometime in March, 1910.
5.  See remarks in “4,” above. Additionally, the brick building was probably the Town Hall of the Town of Oyster Bay, which is where the HQ police station would have been for the Village of Oyster Bay.

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Mar 10 2024 David Miller 3:11 PM

This is Theodore Roosevelt riding in a 1910 Mitchell Model S.  He was the first U.S. President to ride in an automobile.  I’m guessing this is around 1914 or 1915.  The location of the photo might be Connecticut because the plate on the car is Connecticut.

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Mar 10 2024 Shawn Linn 3:02 PM

All I have is Teddy on his first automobile drive.

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Mar 10 2024 al velocci 2:23 PM

Howard, Just watched the Marty Himes video again, one of the best guest speakers we ever had. That day when we visited his Museum I remember asking Marty where he got some of his collectibles and he replied, “at curbies”. ????  When he saw the questionable look on my face He smiled and told us that on rubbish collection pickup days ( mostly at upscale neighborhoods) he would beat the collection trucks and would routinely find something collectible. Miss him.

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