1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes
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Jan 02 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1910 Inaugural Sweepstakes: The Motor Parkway Races that Weren’t
Races for amateur drivers on the Motor Parkway were scheduled, however they never actually took place.
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Mar 31 2021
Family Photos of Henry Schmidt’s Meadowbrook Hotel in Westbury
As a follow-up to the 2020 Mystery Foto #7 of the Meadowbrook Hotel, the owner's great-grandson Michael White has forwarded two photos from the Schmidt/White family album. The photos are from the collection of Thomas Schmidt, another great-grandson.
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Mar 15 2021
Mystery Foto #11 Solved: A view of Old Country Road (Salisbury) section of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's challenging Mystery Foto.
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 08 2020
Mystery Foto #49 Solved: A 1953 View over Merrick Avenue and East Meadow and Westbury
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this weekend's newly scanned aerial.
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Mar 07 2020
Vanderbilia: A Unique Scorecard for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The Home Insurance Company promoted its auto services in 1910 by publishing this unique scorecard for the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Feb 17 2020
Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a section of the planned original section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course.
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races?
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Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Oct 29 2018
Mystery Foto #43 Solved:#7 Chalmers at the Hicksville Road Turn During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto is a classic scene during a Vanderbilt Cup Race.
