Vanderbilt Cup Races

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Sep 16 2020
A 1946 View of the Broad Hollow Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville

My favorite co-author has provided this never before published photo of the Motor Parkway bridge over Broad Hollow Road and the Cross Island Trolley.
Sep 09 2020
In Search of Aline Rhonie’s Mural “The Pre-Lindbergh ERA of Flying on Long Island” First Installed in Roosevelt Field

Al Velocci, Sam Berliner III and Gary Hammond are having a wonderful discussion of a historic aviation mural. Of course, I was compelled to search for more information of this painting and its artist.
Aug 04 2020
Update: Greg O’s Discovery: Then & Now- The Hidden Section Of the Motor Parkway in Cunningham Park, Queens

Dee and Greg Oreiro last April decided to duplicate the 1970 Queens walking tour of J.J. Conroy. Fifty years after Conroy's tour, Dee and Greg rediscovered a hidden section of the Motor Parkway.
Jun 19 2020
Open Discussion: Powerhouse Road

As requested by Sam Berliner III and my favorite co-author Al Velocci, here is an open discussion on Powerhouse Road.
Mar 23 2020
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A View Along the 10-Mile Curve in Dix Hills & the “View” Postcard Series

To promote the restaurant/inn Petit Trianon and the Motor Parkway in 1912, Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. hired a photographer to develop the "View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway" series. These postcards were sold at Petit Trianon. My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this postcard.
Feb 24 2020
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1951 Aerial View of Mitchel Field & the Motor Parkway & 2017 Circus Trains

My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Feb 22 2020
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Last Known Surviving Poster for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

My favorite co-author Al Velocci and I met in 2003 researching the Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport. With the permission of the museum, we were able to discover thousands of documents & photos over the years including the last known surviving poster for…
Jan 13 2020
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge Abutment

My favorite co-author Al Velocci needed your assistance identifying this currently unknown Motor Parkway bridge abutment. It came from the same folder that held a 1956 view of Levittown (Mystery Foto #43).
Nov 25 2019
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify the location of this section of the Motor Parkway which he photographed in 1995.
Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.