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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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Amazing shot of Jericho Tpke, and the village of Mineola behind the “Chief” and crew at the kiosk. Fantastic find Howard!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
*Location/Orientation: Excellent bird’s eye view of East Farmingdale and Melville in a northwest direction.
*Major Rds.: Broad Hollow Rd and LIMP
*School: SUNY Farmingdale
*LIMP structures: Pkwy/Trolley Bridge over Broad Hollow Rd. The Huntington Lodge is at it’s original location.
*Aerial Date/Rationale: I’ll say 1930. College was established 1912. Believe the trolley service ended early 1920’s, I see dirt paths on the ROW north and south of the bridge.
Tough to say if Broad Hollow Rd is paved, but read this was done in the early 1930’s. The lodge is active on the north side of the LIMP.
From Mystery Foto #42 Solved: "Farmingdale State College" and the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1924
Lindsay Bergin:
• What is the location and the orientation of the photographer? East Farmingdale South of rt 110 (Broadhollow Rd) facing north.
• Identify the school. Farmingdale State College (State University of New York at Farmingdale in 1912)
• Identify the major roads. Broadhollow Rd (upper right), Melville Rd (lower portion)
• What is the approximate date of the Mystery Foto? Provide a rationale. Around 1914. The Hicks and Cutler Halls were built around then. Here’s a link with info: https://www.flickr.com/photos/farmingdalestate/5937836130
• Identify the Motor Parkway structure(s). What is unusual about the structure(s)? Broadhollow Rd bridge and Huntington Lodge. There’s also a billboard. I’m new at this so I’m not sure what’s unusual about them.
From Mystery Foto #42 Solved: "Farmingdale State College" and the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1924
Farmingdale College (the agricultural college of earlier years) looking north east sometime in the 1930s, in the distance is the Broad Hollow Road and its LIMP bridge with a trolley line underneath and off to the right, The Toll lodge and Ruland Road off to the right.
From Mystery Foto #42 Solved: "Farmingdale State College" and the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1924
I wonder if some dude named Kroplick bought this!??
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Howard Kroplick
It must have been one crazy dude!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
W O W!!! Jackpot! Speechless and hypnotized. Please don’t disturb while entranced in these photos. Holy moly, many firsts here!
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Howard Kroplick
More to come in future posts!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
Wow. Great pics. Love the old Long Island stuff.
The payday pic made me laugh. Imagine waiting on line for your paycheck like this??
So Art fill us in, someone bought this for $20 at a flea market and then sold it for how much??
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Howard Kroplick
A lot of $!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
Wow, great pictures.
My grandfather was a surveyor for the Motor Parkway.
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Howard Kroplick
Please forward his name. He may be in one of the photos.
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
Well spent $20.00, this is literally a goldmine! Long behold, the elusive Westbury Ave/Trolley Bridge! Definitely built for Auto and Trolley. Looking forward to future images. Thanks Howard!
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Howard Kroplick
I wish I was the person who bought it for $20!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
Disgusting the way Tucker industry was railroaded out of business.
From Treasures of the David Cammack Tucker Archives
Great photos, Howard. Probably some good mystery photos in the batch!
And what a steal compared to another photo album on eBay just sold.
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Howard Kroplick
It is the same album!
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
What a great treasure of historic pictures.
From Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson's Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
I did a cycle trip for anyone interested that I created with locations and directions: https://newsblaze.com/usnews/travel/1908-vanderbilt-motor-parkway_141959/?fbclid=IwAR2VegS7d_Ij44rwV6xkz5T75eljh—4snkiNE9H9Is5Cjq-5n_pBm3GXQc
From A Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway & Queens Historical Sites
I assume they all voted for Alf Landon in 36!!!!
Not exactly FDR material.
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr., Rosamund Vanderbilt & Robert & Edie Huntington
*ID the 4 persons: William and Rosamund Vanderbilt II, Robert and Edie Huntington
*Location/Date of image: airport in Mendoza, Argentina. Feb. 2 1937
*ID airplane: Sikorsky S-43 Amphibious owned by Mr. Vanderbilt II
I obtained these answers from ” tbrnewsmedia.com “, but had trouble forwarding the entire link here. Mr. And Mrs. Huntington were both licensed pilots. Robert occasionally piloted the seaplane, as well as Mr. Vanderbilt.
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr., Rosamund Vanderbilt & Robert & Edie Huntington
I would love to participate with one of my vintage cars ... will that be possible next year? .... please reply to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
From Updated: The 6th Annual "Motor Parkway Sunday Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma" A Big Success
Mystery Foto #41…The four people in the photo left to right are William Vanderbilt, Rosamund Vanderbilt, Robert Huntington and Edie Huntington.
The photo was taken at Mendoza, Argentina on February 2, 1937.
The plane was a Sikorsky S-43, one of 53 built, only two of which were sold to private individuals.
A likely source of Robert Huntington’s inherited fortune…
I am afraid I must guess… transportation, railroads?
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr., Rosamund Vanderbilt & Robert & Edie Huntington
Can’t Identify anything. Lol. :D but think this image is historical
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr., Rosamund Vanderbilt & Robert & Edie Huntington
Bonnie and I visited the AAC museum Saturday while attending the Hershey car show. The David Cammack Tucker collection is fascinating. This is a must see for any enthusiast. The amount of planning that went into producing the Tucker is well documented through original pictures, drawings, prototype parts and beautiful Tucker automobiles on display. And the tragic take-down of the “car of the future” is also there in the form of court documents and news paper headlines.
From Treasures of the David Cammack Tucker Archives
Howard,
Thanks for all that incredible info. Sheila and I had the pleasure of seeing the Tucker exhibit at the AACA Museum and it’s fascinating.
Rog
From Treasures of the David Cammack Tucker Archives
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