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Feb 29 2016
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. (7 comments)
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Feb 27 2016
George Robertson: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Who Helped Beautify Roslyn
While working on a Town Historian project last week on the history of Gerry Pond Park, I discovered that George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, played a major role in the development of the park. (1 comments)
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Feb 26 2016
Hold the Date 4/28/16: Presentation: New York Automotive Licenses, License Plates & Registration
A meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 beginning at 7:30 PM. (3 comments)
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Feb 24 2016
San Francisco’s 1915 World’s Fair and the Dawn of Championship Auto Racing
Last winter, I assisted author Seana Miracle on an article on the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This is the final product posted on the PPIE100 website. (1 comments)
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Feb 24 2016
Chrysler’s Chrysler Honored with Three Awards at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Updated: 2/29/16
It was a wonderful weekend at the sunny Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance with the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler being honored with three awards. (10 comments)
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Feb 23 2016
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps
Scott Eckers challenged to you to identify this aerial from the collection of Art Kleiner (7 comments)
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Feb 20 2016
Museum Road Trip: The Concept Cars of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum
This month my friends and I took a trip to see a special football game in Santa Clara, California. It was a great opportunity to take a road trip to a special automotive museum -the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. (1 comments)
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Feb 17 2016
1937 Ye Mappe to Rothmann’s East Norwich Inn
Rothmann's Restaurant in East Norwich has been a fixture on Long Island since 1907. Rothmann's issued this cartoon postcard in 1937 showing the routes to their restaurant including the Long Island Motor Parkway. Postcard courtesy of Gary Hammond. (5 comments)
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Feb 16 2016
Willie K’s 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart
In 2009, Tom Gibson visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany and photographed the oldest surviving Mercedes in the world. Only years later, did Tom discover the original owner was William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (6 comments)
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Feb 15 2016
Mystery Foto #7 Solved: New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road- A Favorite Viewing Site for the Races
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a very busy viewing site for the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (15 comments)
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