Tag: Westbury
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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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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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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” VII: Westbury to Levittown
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the seventh post of this series, Sammy and Dave explore the Long Island Motor Parkway from Westbury to Levittown.
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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.
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Mystery Foto #38 Solved:Roosevelt Raceway, Meadow Brook Polo Field & Roosevelt Field Updated 1/24/16
Lee Chambers challenged you to identify this amazing Long Island aerial.
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Mystery Foto #11 Revealed & Updated: Barbot’s Flying Flivver Over Merrick Avenue in 1923
Art Kleiner of Kleiner's Korner forwarded one of the most challenging and fun Mystery Fotos ever posted!
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Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Mural of the British Dirigible R34 Landing in Roosevelt Field in 1919
This brand new Mystery Foto documented a historic event in transportation that occurred on Long Island.
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Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…