Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jan 14 2015
Video: “The Ellison Avenue LIRR Bridge of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”
The Velocity Channel's 2013 AmeriCARna "Vanderbilt Cup" episode focused on the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island and the Vanderbilt Cup trophy. This three-minute segment highlighted the Elllison Avenue LIRR Bridge on the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course and the creation of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (2 comments)
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Jan 12 2015
Mystery Foto 2015 #2 Solved: Cunningham Park, the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike in 1938
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another spectacular aerial of the Motor Parkway from the New York City Parks Photo Archives. (15 comments)
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Jan 10 2015
The Spectacular 1936 Long Island Motor Parkway Flyover
In June 1936, two airplanes from the aerial survey company Braman & Johnson conducted a flyover over Long Island. The result was this amazing photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Hempstead Plains. (6 comments)
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Dec 30 2014
From the Luttgen Album: Driver Foxhall Keene Taking the Turn at Colyers Corner in Plainview
This is another gem from the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race album of driver William Luttgen provided by his grandson Robert Luttgen. It is the first documented Vanderbilt Cup Race photo discovered that was taken at Colyers Corner in Plainview. (3 comments)
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Dec 29 2014
Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908
Art Kleiner forwarded this Mystery Foto and needed your assistance in identifying this Motor Parkway Bridge. (11 comments)
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Dec 23 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #52: The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
The last Long Island Motor Parkway bridge to be profiled in 2014 is the Old Bethpage Bridge located in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (4 comments)
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Dec 23 2014
Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Dec 16 2014
Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers
Gary Hammond has forwarded this photo of the Bethpage Lodge. (4 comments)
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Dec 13 2014
Robert Moses’ 1931 Planning Map for Long Island Parks and Parkways
From 1927 through 1933, Robert Moses, chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission, was actively promoting the need for improved parkways to connect New York City to Long Island state parks. This 36" x 28" planning map was prepared for a 1931 presentation to the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce. (7 comments)
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Dec 08 2014
Mystery Foto #97 Solved: Rare Wooden Long Island Motor Parkway Sign (1933-1938)
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a rare wooden parkway sign from the archives of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA). (14 comments)
