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Feb 16 2021
A rare 1936 amateur film of airplanes at Roosevelt Field
Earlier this month I purchased a 19-minute amateur 16 mm film of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. A big surprise was this rare one-minute color clip of airplanes taking off and landing at Roosevelt Field. (2 comments)
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Feb 16 2021
Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello’s new quarterly magazine, is available for orders
Richard Lentinello has announced that his new high-quality collector-car quarterly publication Crankshaft is available for orders. "The incredible Restoration and History of Tucker #44" has the great honor of being the cover article for issue #1. (14 comments)
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Feb 15 2021
Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie’s K’s Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)
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Feb 10 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #7: Bethpage Lodge
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the seventh of the series, these three photos feature the Bethpage lodge taken around 1960. (1 comments)
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Feb 09 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Land of the Motor Parkway Mineola Lodge (Kiosk)
The Motor Parkway and the Mineola Lodge, originally a ticket kiosk between 1910 and 1921, were on land originally owned by the Walkers-Peters and Luhrs families. Surveys here are from 1907 and are from the Motor Parkway Maps and Surveys collection and indicate the area purchased by the Motor Parkway. (12 comments)
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Feb 08 2021
Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Open-Air Roosevelt Field Mall in 1957
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (20 comments)
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Feb 06 2021
Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Sam Berliner III- An original leading advocate for the Motor Parkway. (25 comments)
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Feb 03 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”
The final part of this series provides additional photographs of the race participants and their automobiles, including as Peter Helck notes, the "illustrious" Madam du Gast. Courtesy of the Helck Family Collection. (1 comments)
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Feb 02 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #6: Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the sixth of the series, these photos feature the post-fire Petit Trianon located at the Eastern Terminus in Lake Ronkonkoma from 1958-1960. (5 comments)
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Feb 01 2021
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: A 1950 aerial over the Northern State Parkway from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this final Mystery Foto of the month. (17 comments)
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