Long Island Motor Parkway
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Dec 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: How the Motor Parkway Aided the Red Cross in Garden City
Starting in 1941, the Red Cross Motor Corps utilized the Motor Parkway in Garden City to train and test volunteer members. (6 comments)
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Dec 01 2020
A New 1946 View of the Broad Hollow Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
A former Motor Parkway explorer Pat Masterson (now residing in Florida) has forward a new view of the bridge over Broad Hollow Road and Cross Island Trolley courtesy of the Dave Keller Archive. (4 comments)
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Nov 27 2020
Film of the Week: Care-Free Cars (1956) Starring Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
This six-minute film starred Henry Austin Clark. Jr. and was shot at his Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York and throughout the village in 1956. (3 comments)
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Nov 23 2020
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Cradle of Aviation Archives? (11 comments)
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Nov 21 2020
Favorite Website: The David Rumsey Collection of Long Island Maps
Joel Friedman, archivist at the Cradle of Aviation, recommends the David Rumsey Map Collection website for all you map lovers. The website provides 123 interactive maps of Long Island. (1 comments)
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Nov 18 2020
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. (2 comments)
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Nov 17 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway
Aviation and automobiling experienced overlapping histories on Long Island in the early 1900s. The Motor Parkway was part of this intertwining history. (5 comments)
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Nov 16 2020
Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Joel Friedman, volunteer archivist at the Cradle of Aviation, challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Drennan Collection. (23 comments)
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Nov 11 2020
Cradle of Aviation Archives: The 1918 Curtiss Engineering Corporation Flying Map of Long Island
Here is one of the most unique maps ever posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com- a 1918 Long Island map from the Curtiss Engineering Corporation as a guide for pilots to identify airfields and emergency landing areas. (10 comments)
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Nov 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: UPDATE - Levittown Motor Parkway Site Being Excavated
As mentioned in my comments on a recent post, the Motor Parkway site between Heron and Skimmer Lanes in Levittown is being developed into a private road with 9 homes being built. Excavation has begun with pieces of the Parkway having been found. (9 comments)
