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  • The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928
    Dec 11 2018

    The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928

    Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this 1928 aerial showing the same area as last Friday's Mystery Foto from the viewpoint looking north. (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #49 Solved:Hazelhurst Field, Garden City Lodge,Curtiss Engineering & Camp Mills in 1918
    Dec 10 2018

    Mystery Foto #49 Solved:Hazelhurst Field, Garden City Lodge,Curtiss Engineering & Camp Mills in 1918

    Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again to identify another amazing previously unpublished Mystery Foto. (26 comments)


  • Updated: The 1940 Membership of the Long Island Aviation Club
    Dec 08 2018

    Updated: The 1940 Membership of the Long Island Aviation Club

    In my effort to collect everything related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway, years ago I purchased the 1940 membership book of the Aviation Club of Long Island (Long Island Aviation Club). It turns out to be an important research tool for Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck of the Texas Woman's University. (18 comments)


  • Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway- The World’s First Highway
    Dec 07 2018

    Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway- The World’s First Highway

    This two-minute video posted by A Fork in a World of Soup Productions in 2012 provides a nice introduction to our favorite historic parkway. (1 comments)


  • Kroplick Diaries: A Tribute to President George H.W. Bush
    Dec 05 2018

    Kroplick Diaries: A Tribute to President George H.W. Bush

    In honor of President George H.W. Bush, here is a brief and funny story remembering the time that I met our 41st President. (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #48 Solved: An Aerial of the Historic Village of Roslyn (Circa 1975-1977)
    Dec 03 2018

    Mystery Foto #48 Solved: An Aerial of the Historic Village of Roslyn (Circa 1975-1977)

    In celebration of the beginning of the restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill, the Roslyn Landmark Society has launched a daily photo series on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The Society needs your assistance in dating this aerial of Tower Place in Roslyn (Photo #16 in the series). (14 comments)


  • Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
    Dec 01 2018

    Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge

    In the third of the series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the Motor Parkway Bridge under Old Country Road in Mineola/Carle Place/Garden City is featured. (9 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Jay Leno’s Ride in the Hemi Under Glass Barracuda
    Nov 30 2018

    Video of the Week: Jay Leno’s Ride in the Hemi Under Glass Barracuda

    Harmel Mermel has forwarded this weekend's video of the week. (1 comments)


  • Exclusive: The 1954 Opening of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s “Carnival of Cars” in Times Square
    Nov 28 2018

    Exclusive: The 1954 Opening of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s “Carnival of Cars” in Times Square

    On July 15, 1954, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and investor Robert W. Dowling opened the "Carnival of Cars" museum in the basement of the Astor Theater in Times Square. The grand media opening event with early television celebrities was captured by Bob Grier. (3 comments)


  • More Tucker Memories from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Nov 27 2018

    More Tucker Memories from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Brent Hawkins has forwarded his Tucker Pebble Beach memories including a video of the awards ceremony for Tucker 1015 and Tucker 1044. (0 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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