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Aug 01 2012
Motor Parkway Presentation This Sunday at “America’s Love Affair with the Automobile!” Exhibit
This Sunday, Bruce Adams will be presenting the "Long Island Motor Parkway, 1908-1938" at 2:30 PM in conjunction with the "America's Love Affair with the Automobile!" exhibit at Stony Brook. (0 comments)
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Jul 31 2012
VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights and Blog Archives for July 2012
VanderbiltCupRaces.com averaged a daily unique visitor average of 206 in July 2012, representing a 31% increase over June 2011. VanderbiltCupRaces.com is now available as a "Local Voice" in several Long Island Patch.com websites. (0 comments)
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Jul 30 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#20 Old Searingtown Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
One of the important pioneering features of the Long Island Motor Parkway was the first construction of bridges associated with an automobile road to eliminate grade crossings. A total of at least 65 bridges were built for the Motor Parkway from 1908 to 1926 over crossroads (designated a parkway bridge),… (2 comments)
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Jul 28 2012
Film: The 1917 Match Races Among Oldfield, Chevrolet and De Palma in Sheepshead Bay Speedway
In 1917, three of the most famous daredevil drivers were veterans of the Vanderbilt Cup Races; Barney Oldfield (1914 & 1915), Louis Chevrolet (1905, 1908, 1909,& 1910) and Ralph De Palma (1911,1912, 1914 & 1915). On August 17, 1917, over 40,000 spectators came to Sheepshead Bay Track in Brooklyn to… (5 comments)
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Jul 27 2012
The Planned Long Island Motor Parkway from Floral Park to Riverhead
The final route of the Long Island Motor Parkway stretched 44 miles from Fresh Meadows, Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County. However, the original plan was the eastern terminus would be in Riverhead. (4 comments)
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Jul 26 2012
The #10 Darracq at Krug’s Corner During the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Thechicaneblog.com has a "Reader's Mystery Photo" of "Wagner in 100 HP Darracq making a turn at Krug's Corner in the Vanderbilt Cup Race". (0 comments)
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Jul 25 2012
Central Park Historical Society Marker: The 1908 Motor Parkway Ground-Breaking Ceremony
Earlier this month, the Central Park Historical Society dedicated two markers in Bethpage honoring the Long Island Motor Parkway. The second marker was placed on Stewart Avenue near the site of the Motor Parkway Ground-Breaking Ceremony held on June 6, 1908. (2 comments)
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Jul 24 2012
Octane Magazine “Report on the 2012 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance” & An Off-Topic Newsday Article
Octane Magazine has posted a report on the 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. Also, check out today's Newsday's article on my Town Historian adventures concerning an abandoned cemetery in East Hills. (0 comments)
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Jul 23 2012
The Two Midget Racers in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Nancy DeWitt, Historian, Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska: "I am doing some research on our 1935 Wetteroth-Offenshauser midget racer, which was driven by Bob Swanson. Do you know definitively what Swanson drove in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup"? (2 comments)
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Jul 21 2012
Image Analysis: Motor Parkway’s Opening Day Sweepstakes
Steve M: "I have obtained two 19 1/2" x 16 3/4" race photos of Herb Lytle. What can you tell me about these photos..the who, what and when? I look forward to your response." (1 comments)
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Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.