Tag: Roosevelt%20raceway
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Mystery Foto #21 Solved: A 1937 Cirkut Photo of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Raceway Update: 5/27
This weekend's amazing Mystery Foto was courtesy of the archives of SPLIA (Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities.)
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The 1944 Proposal for “A Nassau County Park at Salisbury” in East Meadow
Gary Hammond has forwarded a copy of a rare historic document "A Nassau County Park at Salisbury" proposed by Nassau County Executive J. Russel Sprague in 1944. The aerial and map in the document provide insight into the Motor Parkway and East Meadow.
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1939 Aerial Analysis: East Meadow, Uniondale,Westbury and East Garden City
This amazing Long Island aerial taken on May 18, 1939 documented three golf courses, two airports, two polo fields and sections of three Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Mystery Foto #9 Solved: Northern State Parkway and Wantagh State Parkway Under Construction
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured two Long Island parkways under construction and Roosevelt Raceway.
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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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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #1 1956 Mitchel Field
Joel Friedman, archive and docent volunteer for the Cradle of Aviation Museum, has forwarded several spectacular aerials of Mitchel Field. With the permission of Joshua Stoff, curator of the museum, VanderbiltCupRaces.com will be posting a series of aerials from the museum's archives.
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Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1942 Composite Aerial of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field-Updated 1/26/16
As requested by popular demand, here was the first Mystery Aerial of 2016.
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Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The archives of British Movietone have posted this 54-second news clip of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The British Movietone Archives has posted this 49 second news clip of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Mystery Foto #39 Solved: George Robertson Promoting the New Roosevelt Raceway in June 1936
Martin Rudow challenged you to identify this press event photo.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…