Vanderbilt Cup Races

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Dec 14 2020
Mystery Foto #50 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. on the Long Island Motor Parkway

Did you solve this weekend's historic Mystery Foto?
Jul 06 2020
Update Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Lindbergh Taking Off from Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927

Did you solve this holiday weekend's Mystery Foto?
Jun 22 2020
Mystery Foto #25 Currently Under Dispute: Joe Tracy Testing the Motor Parkway in September 1908

Kleiner's Kolumn (Art Kleiner) challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Feb 03 2020
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: The Motor Parkway West of Merrick Avenue Under Construction in 1908

The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this weekend's Super Bowl Mystery Foto.
Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box

Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races?
Jun 11 2018
Mystery Foto #23 Solved: A Caproni CA-5 Taking Off at Hazelhurst Field in September 1918

Richard Panchyk, author of Hidden History of Long Island, challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Flying Foto.
Jan 24 2018
Mitchel Field Aerials Part I: 1923-1928

Hoping to find new views of the Motor Parkway, in 2003 I began collecting military aerials of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field. In the first of a new series, below are the best aerials of Mitchel Field from 1923 to 1928.
Sep 11 2017
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: On the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Meadow

Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto of a former section of the Motor Parkway.
Nov 11 2016
Images of America Book: East Meadow by Scott Ackers

Scott Eckers, author of Images of America: East Meadow, will have a book-signing on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street. I am pleased to have contributed nine images to Scott's outstanding book on my childhood village.
Apr 05 2016
The 1944 Proposal for “A Nassau County Park at Salisbury” in East Meadow

Gary Hammond has forwarded a copy of a rare historic document "A Nassau County Park at Salisbury" proposed by Nassau County Executive J. Russel Sprague in 1944. The aerial and map in the document provide insight into the Motor Parkway and East Meadow.