Vanderbilt Cup Races

Another great mystery with many possibilities. 
This LIMP highway bridge under construction, c.1908, where the Motor pkwy ran under the bridge, is most likely located in Nassau or Suffolk with wide open fields. There appears to be a slight bend in the roadway veering towards the left, and it’s possible the LIMP further down is being prepared for construction that will turn to the left?
The straightaway under the Powell Ave bridge in Bethpage also appears to veer slightly to the left, but the landscape doesn’t seem to match the mystery in either direction.
Second possibility could be the Jerusalem Ave bridge in Hemp Plains heading west, but the grandstand site after the bridge would’ve been too close to the bridge before the road turns to the left.
Then in Queens, the roadway heading west before the Commonwealth Blvd bridge was a close match with proper road bends, but Commonwealth was a parkway bridge and was disqualified.
This could be the Wheatley Hills golfway bridge looking north (westbound) in East Williston, future site of the Midland Golf Cub established 1913. This location has a close match to the environment as well.   
This mystery is difficult. Waiting anxiously for this week’s answers once again. Thank you Art for the challenge and all the fun that followed. HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR TO ALL!

From Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

Another guess here, but I’m going with it being the Jerusalem Ave bridge since the LIMP is very straight through to the highway bridge. This could be looking East from the grandstand location.

From Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

Hello Howard… i dropped in to see there is some recent comments .. my email has updated ..to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  ..  best Mark

From Southampton's James L. Breese and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

Carmen Ave

From Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

Howard,  That game looks like it would be a lot of fun.  I’ve always loved board games and wonder if it would be popular if it were reproduced.
Actually, it would probably only be popular with people of our age.  Young people are married to their electonic devices.  Thanks for sharing it with us.
Roger

From The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game

Its possible that the photo might have been taken after the Parkway closed. The sign board that listed the rates to use the Parkway is missing in the photo, it was usually attached to the brick column behind the couple. Also missing is the Bethpage Lodge sign, usually located in the peak area above the porte-cochere . Al

From Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers

Ok I think its looking west at the Wantagh Avenue Bridge because it is being built over a street and it is a straightaway so that is my guess.

From Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

Jerusalem Ave. bridge looking east in Levittown.
Flat terrain and straightaway road.

From Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas. This weeks mystery is a tricky one and I see why you need help with it. Thanks for the hint, it’s going to help alot

From Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2015!

Check out my memories of flying out of the Aviation Country Club, Hicksville, Long Island in the 1940s.
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From Then & Now: The Long Island Aviation Country Club on the Motor Parkway

Nice job on the bridge guys! It may be used someday enroute towards Lake Ronkonkoma. Who knows? This ought to be good!

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #52: The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

Check out those old utility poles, that really looks like an old country road. I’d give 10 schillings just to spend a day there with my modern auto and a fully charged camera.

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

This was a very good one this week and thanks for all the extra info Frank and Art, the photos were great. What guess work Greg, expecting to be wrong with no research and me expecting to be right with no research was wrong

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

Looks like I’m getting this one wrong since I didn’t have time this week to research and figure this one out, so I’ll just give some quick off the cuff guesses…

- Where was this Motor Parkway sign located?

Old Country Road. (although closer to the Nassau Boulevard airfield in Garden City wouldn’t be a bad guess either)

-Where was the arrow on the sign pointing to?

Clinton Rd towards the Garden City Lodge

-What is the likely year of the photo?

The toll on the LIMP was $1 from 1917-1932. My guess is the early 1920’s.

-What was the Wright Flying Field and who owned it?

Curtiss-Wright

-What automobile company was owned by the parent company of the flying field?
-How was this automobile company linked to the Vanderbilt Cup Races?

Looking forward to the correct answers!

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

I have seen only 1 or 2 vague references to this ever having been called ‘Wright’ Field. It was certainly never official. We have a letter from an army pilot dated 1917 that refers to the ‘Old Wright hangers’ there, so I suspect it was only called that sometime during the 1912 - 1917 period.

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

Fabulous game!  I would buy one!

From The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game

Yes, they should reproduce this nostalgic historic event, it’s a popular thing now and would be good for this generation of people

From The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game

This is fantastic! Sure wish someone would reproduce it. I have tiny lead race cars slightly similar to this handed down to me from my dad. I’ve always wondered what “game” they might have come from.
There was a company called Shackmann’s back in the 70s that reproduced old games and cards and paper toys. they would have been perfect for a reproduction of THIS sort of wonderful play nostalgia.

From The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game

Thanks Jeff Payne. I enjoyed those photos and watching those races at the Bridgehampton Raceway. I never had the chance to go to their, so it was really something to see, even though it wasn’t live

From Summary of Saturday Searches

My guess is Old Country Road at Clinton Road.  Curtiss/Wright Field later renamed Roosevelt Field.  About 1918.  A portion of the LIMP was used for testing of a “flying bomb” atop a Marmon automobile.

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