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Color and finish is fantastic. Would look great in the outside courtyard of the Eagles Nest on Sept.16
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
Hudson - early 1940s
I’ll take a wild guess and say the ad was photographed somewhere in Roslyn. Roslyn Hotel?
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
I just returned from vacation and found your email. No idea what the car is but the location is Old Northern Boulevard in downtown Roslyn village in front of the historic Robeson-Williams Grist Mill (1715-1745?). At one time it was a tea house (1919-1975). You only see the top half of the building because the roadbed is so high across the milldam.
Howard Needleman
former Trustee, Inc. Village of Roslyn
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Lucky people that saw it go down the road!!
From Take a Test Ride In the Alco Black Beast
Instant ID. ‘34 Hupmobile -except that it’s not. ‘34 Oakland? Not quite. I KNOW that mascot; darn! On North Hempstead Turnpike (todays’ Northern Boulevard, Rte. 25A, under the Bypass) smack in the middle of Roslyn village, looking (LI) north at the Roslyn Mill, repurposed by then as the veddy-elegant Roslyn Tea House (I vas dere, Cholly, a very few years later, the proper little gentleman, however unwillingly, with my mother). Sam, III
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Thanks, Mark (side vent - duh!). Janet - HQ house? If you mean the LIMP Superintendant’s House, it is in the lower left but hard to see. I posted a marked-up detail for you at <http://sbiii.com/limpnaer/superaer.jpg>. Sam, III
From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue
Beautiful paint job!
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
Just saw the article about the historians coming together. Great idea—keep at it.
Ken Harris
From Newsday: Long Island historians come together to preserve region's history
1935 Hudson/Terriplane at the Roslyn Grist mill on old northern blvd
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Coming along nicely….
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
The old Grist Mill in Roslyn village! Thanks for posting these great pictures. Gene
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Fabulous!
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
Mystery Foto #27…. The car in the photo is a 1935 Hudson Terraplane. The photo in the ad was shot in front of The Roslyn Mill Tea House on Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn. The building, built in the early 18th century, was originally a Grist Mill but in 1916 it became the Roslyn Mill Tea House as shown here.
And if you go down to your local Hudson dealer you can buy one of these Terraplanes for about $695.00 according to the ad.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Andante green is not only the original color ,but very appealing.
Best of luck in show, looks like an outstanding job!
Phil
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
It’s good to read that you folks are networking for solutions. Pooling resources might also help in preserving what you have, such as digitizing materials. Hopefully other communities are watching what you are doing and taking a lesson here.
Good luck with your efforts!
=rdsieber
From Newsday: Long Island historians come together to preserve region's history
The body is more likely to be aluminum on that Bug. Very nice handiwork!
From Twenty Years Ago, the Alco Black Beast Reached 95 MPH in England
Love to always see the history of the Black Beast but hate to see it in this experimental state. Don’t touch those exposed exhaust system pipes, you will regret it later. Did it achieve 95 mph or 95 kph in England (59.0 mph). I think the latter. Please prove me wrong. Either way, this is still the hottest car on Long Island today
From Twenty Years Ago, the Alco Black Beast Reached 95 MPH in England
1935 Hudson, photo appears to be taken in the town of roslyn, il looks like it is in front of what used to be the grist mill
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
1934/5 Hudson Terraplane in front of the Roslyn Grist Mill.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Does anyone know if the headquarters house just off Clinton is in the picture of Roosevelt Field.?
From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue
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