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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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“The right rear quarter panel shows - - - “, etc.; what that pic shows is what I recall as the inner disc lid of the hidey-hole that allowed Della to peek out at the world outside, unobserved, through the small grilles on the outer panels. You never confirmed (or denied) this. Also, for a life-long classic car afficionado (and former ‘31 Imperial owner), “Over all view of the cars currently in the shop” is truly a glimpse of paradise! Sam, III
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From Howard Kroplick
Sam, there are no openings in the back of the car. The discs just held mirrors.
Howard I
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Describe the location and orientation of the aerial
Garden City, mid-Nassau County looking north. Clinton Road and Old Country Road, among others. Motor Parkway running north and south in the middle of the picture
-What is the date of the aerial? - 1927
-List the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race landmarks (a special kudo for the largest number identified)
Clinton Road Bridge
Mayan Ruins – the never to be built bridge
Old Country Road Bridge
LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
Westbury Avenue Bridge
Jericho Turnpike Bridge
Hillside Avenue Bridge
Garden City Hotel - served as the headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1903-1910)
Roosevelt Raceway – site of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Garden City Lodge
Motor Parkway Office (Garden City)
Wheatley Hills Golf Club (Motor Parkway running through it)
Mineola Lodge
-List other Long Island landmarks
Curtis Field, Curtis Aeroplane & Motor Corporation, Curtis Engineering Corp., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Garden City Golf Club, Queens County Fair Grounds, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Garden City Golf Club, Clinton Road Railroad Station, Central RR Tracks, Country Life Press Station, Doubleday Factory, Intercollegiate Golf Club, Aviation Field
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
I liked Gary from the day I met him, with aerials like this, I like him more!
Wow! What a great shot! I’m sure I’m missing a lot with the resolution an iPad can get to, but here goes nuttin’!
-Describe the location and orientation of the aerial
Directly over Hempstead looking North/Northwest over Hemstead/North Hempstead Towns with the Great Neck, Port Washington, Glen Cove peninsulas in the distance.
-What is the date of the aerial?
Approx. 1929
-List the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race landmarks (a special kudo for the largest number identified)
A huge number of bridges in view; East to West;
(Old Courthouse maybe?), Shelter Rock Rd Br, IU WIllets Br, Old Searingtown Rd Br, Willis Ave Br, Oyster Bay RR Br, Roslyn Rd Br, Robbins Ln Br, Wheatley Hills Golf Br, Hillside Ave Br, Jericho Tpke Br, Westbury Ave Br, Old Country Rd Br, the ‘Mayan Ruins’, Clinton Rd Br.
Garden City Lodge, Mineola Lodge, Roslyn Lodge and the Motor Pkwy Office. There are some indiscernible ‘white blobs’ where Krugs and the Bulls Head Hotel would be!
-List other Long Island landmarks
It got interesting here…
-Many mansions and a huge amount of Phipps properties! Clearly seen is Harbor Hill and the Dairy man’s cottage/farmgroup, Westbury House, DuPont/Guest White Eagle/Templeton (Now NYIT deServersky), Spring Hill, possibly Brady’s Inisfada to the West, and too many more to list.
-Port Washington Sand Pits, Curtiss/Roosevelt Field, Curtiss Engineering, Clinton Rd train station, Garden City Hotel, St. Pauls Clock tower in GC, the diamond-shaped interchange where the GC LIMP lodge currently sits, more golf courses than one can shake a stick at- Garden City Golf Club, Links Golf Course, Wheatley Hills Golf Course, etc
I’m missing a lot, but I could spend many more days on this one!
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
Without cheating (looking it up), I can easily locate the pic; we’re over Hempstead, looking north at Hempstead Harbor, with Bar Beach cutting across it. You can see the Willis Avenue and Roslyn Road crossings in blowup #1 and thus where the Roslyn Lodge should appear, Roosevelt Flying Field and the pre-WWII golf course are at the right center with the LIMP coming right at us through the Wheatley Hills Golf Club, crossing over Hillside Avenue and under Jericho Turnpike, the pale Mineola DPW yard, the LIRR, Old Country Road, and crossing over Guinea Woods/Glen Cove Road and past the Super’s House and the GC Toll Lodge, angling off to our right (LI East) parallel to Stewart Avenue and its gas holder, and off image. I’ll let eagle eyes with better vision take it from here, although the LIRR Main Line at Herricks Road and the western end of Stewart Avenue in Mineola pop out at me near the bottom in the upper left #10 blowup, with Port Washington in the distance. Might that oval due north be the old Mineola Fair Grounds (although in 1950, they were north of Jericho Tpke.)? Fantastic photo; thanks, Gary and Howard! Sam, III
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
I can’t wait to see the real thing! Your commitment to preserving our heritage is inspiring. Kudos!
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
This photo is looking north from a position over Hempstead and East Garden City. I believe it was taken in 1933. Some of the L.I.M.P. and V.C. R. landmarks are: Garden City Lodge and manager’s office; Clinton Road bridge; Transeverse Road (Mayan Ruins) abutments; bridges at Old Country Road, LIRR Mainline, Westbury Ave., Jericho Tpke.; Mineola Lodge; bridges at East Williston Ave., Wheatly Hills Golf Club, Roslyn Road; Roslyn Lodge; Garden City Hotel. Some other Long Island landmarks are: Roosevelt Field, Curtiss Field, Curtiss Manufacturing Plant, Long Island Sound, Hempstead Harbor, Doubleday Publishing Co., and the historic LIRR 4-way “wye” crossing just east of Franklin Ave. on the old “Central Line”.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
One word: MAGNIFICENT!
Roger
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Bravo! It has truly been a pleasure to watch this restoration as it progresses.
Ken
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
What a job this is turning out to be. The work that has been done is remarkable, the best I should say, you can’t get any better than that, perfection, WOW!!! pictures don’t do justice, have to see it live.
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Beautiful, why cant the auto makers recreate this beauty for today’s buyers?
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
One of the most outstanding automobiles I’ve ever seen coming back to life.
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Wow. Outstanding restoration on a piece of history.
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Looking North towards Hempstead bay and long island sound, garden cith takes up most of the bottom portion of the photo with the motor parkway and Mitchell field in the mid to upper right of photo. the garden city bridge as well as the old country road bridge can be seen as well as the golf course which the right of way goes through before turning west towards Roslyn. Glen cove ,Roslyn, port Washington can be seen in the upper part of the photo as well as a part of eastern queens.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
The Chrysler is looking “Top Of The Line” Fantastic
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
No doubt all he aerials are the Town of Hempstead, which is the heart of the LIMP for the 1908,9 ad 10 Vanderbilt Cup Races, where it went thru Hempstead Plains. I’m not done yet, I think I’m on the roll with this one, there’s more to come tonight.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
Very Cool & will be a big hit at Pebble Beach. Hats off to all involved in the restoration.
Best regards,
Wayne
From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XI: Countdown to Pebble Beach-Two Months
Are these series of cards available for sale anywhere these days ?
If so where and what price as I may be interested in purchasing.
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From Howard Kroplick
The best place to find these postcards is ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_from=R10&_dmd=1&_pcats=14024%2C417%2C1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_armrs=1&_sacat=0&_nkw=Long+Island+automotive+Museum&_lncat=0&_arm=1&_armm=94&_ruu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2FMagazines-%2F63819%2Fi.html%3F_ipg%3D50%26_from%3DR10%26_dmd%3D1%26_pcats%3D14024%252C417%252C1%26_mPrRngCbx%3D1%26_armrs%3D1%26_nkw%3DLong%2BIsland%2Bautomotive%2BMuseum%26_arr%3D1&_armi=Magazines
From Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum (#13-17)
Looking north over Garden City towards Westbury and Mineola from the Hempstead village boundary. Left to right across bottom is Fulton Avenue; diagonally across to right (upward) is Westbury Blvd. running vertically is Clinton Rd. With the 3 lane Motor Parkway bridge and the toll house to the right of that bridge on the edge of Curtiss Field. Also visible is the Motor Parkway bridge over Old Country Rd. And in the distance the LIMP bridge over Jericho Tpke.
Visible also is the LIMP path through the Roosevelt Field area; the Curtiss Mfg. Plant on Stewart Ave.; the LILCO or the A&P warehouse with the water tower, as well as Commercial Ave (l t r) and the Central RR line and station just west of Clinton Rd.
Approx. year 1935.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
It’s Garden City, looking north. The first “close-up: left side” clearly shows Hempstead Crossing where the Central RR of LI (now LIRR Hempstead branch) crossed the line that went from Mineola to West Hempstead.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
Wow. Amazing Photo. Some enlargements won’t show. Looking North. Roosevelt Field to Hempstead Harbor. LIMP Bridges, Wheatley Hills Golf, Hillside Ave, Under Jericho, Over Westbury Ave, Over LIRR Mineola, Under Old Country Rd, Over Clinton, Mineola Lodge, Garden City Lodge, Managers House Garden City, Garden City Hotel, Jericho Tpke. Other Bridges that are more than likely there, Albertson LIRR, Roslyn Rd, Willis Ave. I think I will be looking at this one for a while.
From Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
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