Tag: Cradle%20of%20aviation%20archives
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Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A 1953 View over Merrick Avenue and East Meadow and Westbury
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this weekend's newly scanned aerial.
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Update: Photos of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Philadelphia Free Library
These 11 photos are courtesy of the Automotive Reference Collection of the Philadelphia Free Library.
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Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Cradle of Aviation Archives?
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Exclusive: VanderbiltCupRaces.com and Cradle of Aviation to Digitize Thousands of Previously Unpublished Long Island Historic Photos
I am pleased to announce that VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Cradle of Museum have reached an agreement to digitize thousands of negatives and glass plates that will further document the history of Long Island.
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Anatomy of Three Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
Here are three more amazing aerials from the Drennan Collection of the Cradle of Aviation.
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Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Joel Friedman, volunteer archivist at the Cradle of Aviation, challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Drennan Collection.
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Cradle of Aviation Archives: The 1918 Curtiss Engineering Corporation Flying Map of Long Island
Here is one of the most unique maps ever posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com- a 1918 Long Island map from the Curtiss Engineering Corporation as a guide for pilots to identify airfields and emergency landing areas.
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Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue
W. M. has forwarded a request for photos of the Roosevelt Field hangars along Clinton Road. The Cradle of Aviation Archives have provided these images that include: the hangars, several Motor Parkway aerials and Willie K's Sikorsky S-43 amphibian.
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Updated: Cradle of Aviation Archives: Willie K’s Sikorsky S-43 Seaplane at Roosevelt Field
The Cradle of Aviation has provided these additional photos of William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s Sikorsky S-43 at Roosevelt Field in 1936.
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Cradle of Aviation Archives: The Aircraft of the Long Island Aviation Country Club Part I
The Cradle of Aviation Museum has provided 68 images of the Long Island Aviation Country Club taken from 1930 to 1949. In the first of the LIAM series, several of the notable aircraft that flew from this private airfield are featured.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…