Tag: Maps
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Mystery Fotos #10 Solved: Road Testing the Motor Parkway During the Summer of 1908
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this series of unique photos of three automobiles on a road test prior to the Motor Parkway's opening.
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1937 Ye Mappe to Rothmann’s East Norwich Inn
Rothmann's Restaurant in East Norwich has been a fixture on Long Island since 1907. Rothmann's issued this cartoon postcard in 1937 showing the routes to their restaurant including the Long Island Motor Parkway. Postcard courtesy of Gary Hammond.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Illustrated Maps (1906-1933)
Art Kleiner discovered this 1932 illustrated map of the Motor Parkway in a portfolio of aerial photographs taken by Captain Alfred G. Buckham.
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The 1929 Long Island Motor Parkway Brochure and Map
After the Motor Parkway was extended to Nassau Boulevard in 1928, the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. published this brochure and map promoting the "45 miles of fine, fast, private right of way".
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A 1923 Property Map of Nassau County Highlighting the Motor Parkway
This unique 1923 map featured the property owners of Nassau County.
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Anatomy of a 1907 Motor Parkway Cartoon
By late 1907, the route of the Long Island Motor Parkway became public. In September 1907, the trade magazine Automobile Topics published this cartoon addressing; "How the Motor Parkway Became Kinky."
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Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)
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The Course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The construction of a new trolley line on Jericho Turnpike from Queens to Mineola in 1906 forced a redesigned of the western section of the course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race from its 1905 configuration. These nine maps provided information on the new 29.7 mile course
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A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Wayne Consolla of Viewtown, Virginia has developed an online map of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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The Planned Long Island Motor Parkway from Floral Park to Riverhead
The final route of the Long Island Motor Parkway stretched 44 miles from Fresh Meadows, Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County. However, the original plan was the eastern terminus would be in Riverhead.
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…