Tag: East%20meadow
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Hot Post Alert & Update: Beneath the shadow of wings: Mitchel Field and the Motor Parkway (1924-1948)
Author/historian Paul R. Martin III is working on the first ever comprehensive history of Long Island's Mitchel Field "Beneath The Shadow of Wings". The aerials from Paul's website have resulted in 37 Comments and 42 East Meadow Facebook Comments and counting.
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Mystery Foto #50 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. on the Long Island Motor Parkway
Did you solve this weekend's historic Mystery Foto?
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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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Exclusive: VanderbiltCupRaces.com and Cradle of Aviation to Digitize Thousands of Previously Unpublished Long Island Historic Photos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 #29 Solved: A 1966 Aerial of “Salisbury Park” in East Meadow and the Motor Parkway ROW
Author Richard Panchyck challenged you once again to solve a Mystery Foto.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 1910 Motor Parkway Survey Bookmap
In 2009 I purchased 572 original Motor Parkway surveys and maps from the firm of Barrett, Bonacci and Van Weele. One of the treasures of this purchase was a 1910 "Bookmap" documenting the right-of way, the original property owners, and the corresponding survey plan #s.
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Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Removal
Next in the bridge removal series is the Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow, location of many Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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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.
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Kleiner’s Kolumn: Update on the Nassau County Motor Parkway Trail at Eisenhower Park
Update: Work has recently started on the next phase of The Motor Parkway Trail along Old Country Road and Salisbury Park Drive in Westbury.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…