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  • Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937
    Aug 03 2015

    Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937

    Last weekend's Mystery Foto featured an airfield which was located near the Long Island Motor Parkway. (16 comments)


  • Custom Craft, April 1965: “Build a One-Of-A-Kind Fabulous Mustang Fastback”
    Aug 01 2015

    Custom Craft, April 1965: “Build a One-Of-A-Kind Fabulous Mustang Fastback”

    Automotive writer Alex Walordy reported on the building of the Mustang III for the cover story in the April 1965 issue of Custom Craft magazine. (0 comments)


  • See Chrysler’s Chrysler on Display in Stony Brook This Sunday & Three Car Shows
    Jul 31 2015

    See Chrysler’s Chrysler on Display in Stony Brook This Sunday & Three Car Shows

    Chrysler's Chrysler will be on display at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook this Sunday beginning at 1:30 pm prior to a presentation "Chrysler's Chrysler: History, Discovery & Restoration." Three car shows will be held on Long Island this Sunday. (1 comments)


  • Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” III: Searingtown
    Jul 29 2015

    Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” III: Searingtown

    On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the third post of this new series, Sammy and Dave continue to explore Searingtown from Shelter Rock Road to I.U. Willets Road. (6 comments)


  • Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Motor Parkway: “one for the road” (Circa 1985)
    Jul 28 2015

    Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Motor Parkway: “one for the road” (Circa 1985)

    Through the 1980s, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. had a regular column Nuts and Bolts in Old Cars Weekly. Around 1985, he wrote this article "one for the road" on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of  Long Island Motor Vehicle Company’s “Montauk” in 1901
    Jul 27 2015

    Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company’s “Montauk” in 1901

    Alene Scoblete, a librarian and archivist for the Rockville Centre Public Library, needed help in solving this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • Newsday: ‘Mrs. Chrysler’s Chrysler,’ 1937 unique car at LI Museum
    Jul 24 2015

    Newsday: ‘Mrs. Chrysler’s Chrysler,’ 1937 unique car at LI Museum

    Reporter Peter King writes about the upcoming August 2nd presentation at the Long Island Museum in Sunday's Newsday. (2 comments)


  • Sunday’s Car Shows (July 26, 2015)
    Jul 24 2015

    Sunday’s Car Shows (July 26, 2015)

    Three car shows will be held this Sunday on Long Island. (2 comments)


  • Highlights from the Third Annual Mustang Showdown
    Jul 22 2015

    Highlights from the Third Annual Mustang Showdown

    Although it was the hottest day of the year on Long Island last Sunday, the Third Annual Mustang Showdown was a big success with over 125 participating beautiful Stangs including the 1963 Mustang III and the 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H. (2 comments)


  • Fortune Magazine, June 1932: A Portfolio of Aerial Photographs by Captain Alfred G. Buckham
    Jul 21 2015

    Fortune Magazine, June 1932: A Portfolio of Aerial Photographs by Captain Alfred G. Buckham

    Earlier this month, Art Kleiner discovered this 1932 illustrated map of Long Island that featured the Long Island Motor Parkway. The map was published in the June 1932 issue of Fortune and served as the legend for these nine dramatic aerials taken by Captain Alfred G. Buckham. (3 comments)




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