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Mar 24 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in the 1929 Graphic Regional Plan of NY and its Environs
Various uses of the The Long Island Motor Parkway were included in the 1929 NY/NJ/CT Regional Planning Committee's 400+ page report which recommended plans to spur development and limit congestion throughout the region through 1965. (0 comments)
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Mar 23 2020
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A View Along the 10-Mile Curve in Dix Hills & the “View” Postcard Series
To promote the restaurant/inn Petit Trianon and the Motor Parkway in 1912, Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. hired a photographer to develop the "View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway" series. These postcards were sold at Petit Trianon. My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this postcard. (11 comments)
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Mar 21 2020
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 1910 Motor Parkway Survey Bookmap
In 2009 I purchased 572 original Motor Parkway surveys and maps from the firm of Barrett, Bonacci and Van Weele. One of the treasures of this purchase was a 1910 "Bookmap" documenting the right-of way, the original property owners, and the corresponding survey plan #s. (3 comments)
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Mar 18 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Peter Helck’s Postcard Collection
Included in the Peter Helck Family Collection are nearly 300 postcards. Topics include automobiles (including over 30 from the Long Island Automotive Museum), US and foreign drivers and races and those of a comical nature. (2 comments)
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Mar 17 2020
A Safe, Healthy and Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Tucker 1044
The entire Tucker 1044 Team hope that you had a safe, healthy and happy St. Patrick's Day! (0 comments)
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Mar 16 2020
Mystery Foto #11B Solved: The Garden City Archives: Scouting the Ground-Breaking Ceremony Location
The Garden City Archives challenged you to a brand new Mystery Foto. (18 comments)
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Mar 14 2020
President of Renault Owners of America: The Recent Sale of a Vanderbilt Renault at Amelia Island
Marvin McFalls has forwarded this article on the recent sale of Robert Kaufmann's Vanderbilt Renault at Bonham's Amelia Island Auction. Congratulations to the proud new owner: My friends at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport, Rhode Island. (2 comments)
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Mar 12 2020
Mystery Foto #11A Solved: From the Garden City Archives- A Tour in 1908
The Garden City Archives challenged you in 2016 to identify this special 1908 tour. (1 comments)
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Mar 11 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Another Poole Connection to the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As shown in the Helck Family Collection of letters to Al Poole from his brother Alex, we can establish that Alex also counted Joe Tracy as a friend and was deeply involved with the design and manufacture of automobiles. (0 comments)
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Mar 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Mechanician Al Poole - Letters from Home
Included in the Peter Helck Family Collection is correspondence between Al Poole (chauffeur, mechanician and driver) and his father and brother between the years 1902 and 1906. (1 comments)
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