Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Central%20railroad%20of%20long%20island

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  Mar 05 2018

  Updated: Mystery Foto #9 Solved: The Central R.R. Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens

  Brian McCarthy challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto.

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  Jul 25 2017

  Malverne Treasure #1: A Letter from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.

  Over 150 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints and drawings discovered by Roy Knoernschild in a Malverne basement are being categorized, repaired and scanned. During this process, another gem was discovered-a signed 1911 letter from William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sent to an assistant engineer for the Long Island Motor…

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  Nov 05 2016

  John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race at the Massapequa Turn

  The fourth post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Album features photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Races taken at the Masspaequa-Hicksville Turn in Plainedge.

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  Sep 10 2016

  Femenias’ Findings: Anatomy of an Amazing 1938 Aerial (Garden City to East Meadow)

  My favorite Nassau County aerial from the U.S. Department of Agriculture 1938 series highlighted the area from Garden City to East Meadow.

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  Apr 16 2016

  From the Garden City Archives: Building the Bridges of the Long Island Motor Parkway

  The building of the Motor Parkway was well documented by photographers throughout the summer of 1908. The best compilation of these construction photos was found in a scrapbook Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway.

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  Feb 13 2016

  Aerial Analysis: East Meadow, Westbury and the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 12, 1936 Updated 2/15

  I admit it- I am a very big fan of aerials. They provide a snapshot of history on a given day and a given moment. No better example is this aerial taken of Westbury and East Meadow on October 12, 1936.

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  Feb 08 2016

  Mystery Foto #6 Solved:A View From the Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage Updated: 2/13

  Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

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  Aug 11 2011

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#4 The Bridge over the Queens Central Rail Road Right-of-Way

  A total of 60 Motor Parkway bridges were built from 1908 to 1926 ...a pioneering concept to eliminate grade crossings for an automobile road. There are four types of Motor Parkway bridges; over crossroads (parkway bridges), under crossroads (highway bridges), over railroad tracks (railroad bridge) and, as part of right-of-way…





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