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  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights and Blog Archives for February 2013
    Mar 05 2013

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights and Blog Archives for February 2013

    Here are highlights and a summary of posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com during February 2013. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North
    Mar 04 2013

    Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North

    The fourth in our series of Friday mystery photos is a classic aerial of the Motor Parkway: Old Bethpage and Melville looking North. (6 comments)


  • Documenting W.C. Fields on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1925
    Mar 02 2013

    Documenting W.C. Fields on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1925

    At Thursday's meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, people were fascinated by the post of the 1925 film "Sally of the Sawdust". As a follow-up to several requests, here is my documentation of where I believe D.W. Griffith filmed W.C. Fields on the Motor Parkway. (8 comments)


  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle I: Restoration Begins
    Feb 27 2013

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle I: Restoration Begins

    In an exciting new series for VanderbiltCupRaces.com, historian and coachwork specialist Walt Gosden will be providing reports on the restoration of the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler. The first article documents the initial steps in restoring this classic car. (7 comments)


  • “Champion of the Parkway” Presented at the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting
    Feb 26 2013

    “Champion of the Parkway” Presented at the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting

    Prominent Queens historian Robert Miller will be presenting “The Long Island Motor Parkway: A Trip Back in Time” at the next meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society this Thursday. (7 comments)


  • Mystery Photo Solved #3: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Ellison Road (Avenue) in Westbury
    Feb 25 2013

    Mystery Photo Solved #3: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Ellison Road (Avenue) in Westbury

    Last Friday's mystery photos of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race were courtesy of the Witmer Photograph Collection of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society in Port Washington. (8 comments)


  • The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #9 Garden City Lodge
    Feb 23 2013

    The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #9 Garden City Lodge

    Going west to east, the eighth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Garden City Lodge located off Clinton Road in Garden City. (7 comments)


  • Film: W.C Fields Driving On the Long Island Motor Parkway in “Sally of the Sawdust”
    Feb 19 2013

    Film: W.C Fields Driving On the Long Island Motor Parkway in “Sally of the Sawdust”

    John has forwarded this D.W. Griffith film "Sally of the Sawdust". Starring Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, and Alfred Lunt, the film was shot in Bayside, Greenwich an on the "Motor Parkway" in 1925. (7 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and  the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
    Feb 18 2013

    Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation

    Last Friday's mystery photo has been solved. The aerial is looking north towards Curtiss Engineering Corporation and Curtiss Field in Garden City and East Garden City in 1927. (30 comments)


  • Watching the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Floral Park
    Feb 13 2013

    Watching the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Floral Park

    Walt Gosden, Village Historian of Floral Park, has provided these photos from the village archives. The race photos were taken from the Creedmoor Branch Railroad Bridge over Jericho Turnpike. (3 comments)




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