Vanderbilt Cup Races

WOW, indeed!  You must be thrilled!  Best detail on the mounting of the twin spares I recall seeing.  Thanks, Brandon!  O.K., HK, before and after - are any of those houses in Hicksville still around?  Sam, III

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

August 1939, a huge air show featuring 3 Goodyear blimps, aircraft and both invited and uninvited guests.  The LIMP had closed two years before but the roadway was still there and there looks to be a path between it and the rear of the Clubhouse.

From Mystery Foto #15 Solved: Motor Parkway Parking Space Adjacent to Long Island Aviation Country Club

You’re right about that Rogerj

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

You’re right about that Frank,are they bicycles or motorcycles and why are they their? Good for mystery weekend. Bicycle would’nt be very practible.

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

The cars in the photos the one on the left is a 1928 Buick, the car on the right is a 1925 Chevrolet, Superior, Series K, coach. I have a photo of that exact car.

From Mystery Foto #14 Solved: A Motor Parkway Sign at Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue Circa 1928

Howard,
Wow, how fortunate that those terrific photos of the Black Beast are available.  They’re incredibly sharp for their age.  I really enjoyed them.  Thanks for posting them.
Rog

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Always knew there was an entrance there but now can’t remember why.  Instantly thought it had to be the R34 coming in to land at Mineola on 06 Jul 1919 but the cars appear to be of a later date, say 1928-30.  Also, the shadow, although it may well be foreshortened, looks far more like a blimp (Type B, limp) than a rigid airship (dirigible); the fins are far to big in proportion to the gasbag.  Good one, Howard; I look forward to the denouement.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #15 Solved: Motor Parkway Parking Space Adjacent to Long Island Aviation Country Club

Could be a US Navy blimp from Lakehurst NJ

From Mystery Foto #15 Solved: Motor Parkway Parking Space Adjacent to Long Island Aviation Country Club

Precious!

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Hi Howard:

    JUST   GREAT STUFF !!!!!!    Cheers and Best !!!!  Ron Ridolph

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Looking back now, this is a great shot of one of the boulevard’s busiest and most historic intersection. This intersection goes back a long time. Amazing what time can do. Thank you all.

From Mystery Foto #14 Solved: A Motor Parkway Sign at Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue Circa 1928

And any news on those bicycles leaning on the guardrail? They appear identical and to be motorcycles instead (for official use?), but I dont see the throttle on the handlebars

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Awesome ‘new’ photos of the Bete Noir Beast. I believe these pics would’ve remained buried deep if not for this website’s exposure.  The last pic at the finish line used photography methods resulting in everything being reversed. Regardless, this new photo angle has prompted changes to come even closer to the Official Stand’s approximate length. The support beams now clearly appear to be closer to 8 foot centers instead of 12.5 centers as previous reported.

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Well done Brandon!  I’ve dealt with Brandon at the SAM several times.  Very devoted to automotive racing history, and automotive history in general.  If you’re every in the Saratoga Springs territory it’s worth a trip to the museum.

From Amazing Photos of the Alco Black Beast During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

I wish I could attend.

I’m very interested to know the significance of that spot that led to your passion. Please fill us in!

From Thursday's Presentation:“My Hunt for the Vanderbilt Cup Races & the Long Island Motor Parkway"

Hay Howard!, I may have an answer for this one,just by looking at the the pictures I can see a possible entrance,but I have to check it further,before Monday night,I hope,sure going to try.

From Mystery Foto #15 Solved: Motor Parkway Parking Space Adjacent to Long Island Aviation Country Club

From Tim G:

Thanks for posting the block about the Wright Flying Field photo. I see it was posted more than a year ago, but I just stumbled across it while searching for information about the field. I’m working on an article about someone who learned to fly there, but I’ve only had a vague sense of where the school was located and what it looked like. It’s interesting that this photo has been in my own backyard all along (Fairborn is close to Miamisburg). I’m now trying to contact Allan Routt through the Fairborn Historical Society.
Tim

From Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917

Great find, Gary.

From The 1944 Proposal for "A Nassau County Park at Salisbury" in East Meadow

What an unexpected surprise meet! It MUST be a small world after all. Richard, what were your measurement findings.

From Searching for the Site of the Long Island Aviation Country Club & the Grandstands Updated 5/3/16

Howard,
“In 1822 land was donated next to the church for a cemetery, which remained there until the 1950s, when the land was sold. Those buried there were reinterred in the Cemetery of the Evergreens on the Queens/Brooklyn border, where one stone marks the church’s dead.”

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https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000696.pdf

From Mystery Foto #14 Solved: A Motor Parkway Sign at Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue Circa 1928