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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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Garden City about 1940.
Looking north; large columned building in center is Curtiss Aircraft
Roadway (left to right) across bottom is Oak Street
Roadway (left to right) on top of Curtiss building is Stewart Avenue
Roadway running top to bottom on left is Clinton Road
Bridge over Clinton (near top) is LIMP bridge)
On right side of roadway at the bridge is toll house
Across top of photo is Roosevelt Flying Field.
Roadway (left to right) across top is Old Country Road
At lower left, across from Curtiss, is former rail station, later to be firehouse
From Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
P.S. Of course th Motor Parkway is there just left of center crossing over Clinton Avenue and the General Manager’s home and the Toll house right next to the overpass.
From Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
The picture is in Garden City with the Curtiss factory in the front and Roosevelt Field in the background. Yearwise I would place sometime in the late 1930s. The Central Railrod line is the tracks.
From Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
I believe this is looking north up Glen Cove/Clinton Rd. in Garden City. The Motor Parkway bridge crosses Clinton just south of Roosevelt Field. Stewart Ave. runs right through the center of the photo, parallel to the abandoned Mitchell Field LIRR line. The station building, left center, is used by the Garden City Fire Dept. and is still there. I’m not sure who occupied the factory. Looks like it was taken in the late ‘30s. Thanks for posting these!
From Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Clinton Ave looking North. Roosevelt Feild in back. Curtis Wright Factory in front.
LIMP crosses over Clinton Ave.
From Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Great photo’s! Are there more photo’s you could post of the surrounding area too?
From Watching the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Floral Park
Love the photos, Howard. I’d love to see a photo of the original bridge built in the late 1860s.
From Watching the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Floral Park
From Robert R:
1935 851 Auburn Speedster?
From Memories of Super Bowl XLVII In New Orleans
Mr. Notebloom, just for the record, the photo at the top showing your great-grandfather, Lee Frayer, as a passenger, with Eddie Rickenbacher (he replaced the “h” with a “k” during WWI) at the wheel, the “famous politician” at the extreme left is William Jennings Bryan, three-time unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President. His last loss was in 1908 to William Howard Taft. He was later the losing attorney in the Scopes Monkey Trial to Clarence Darrow. Just FYI. I appreciate your posting pictures of Mr. Frayer. He gave Eddie his first meaningful automotive job and really mentored him. He knew great talent and drive when he saw it.
From Profile of Driver Lee Frayer by his Great-Great Grandson
Kinda thought it was Bethpage State Park,that’s what almost everybody was saying,shucks I should have said it,maybe I would be able to get another ride on the Black Beast
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
It is Bethpage Park, but before the polo field was at its’ present location at bottom of photo. Also before the construction of the Seaford-Oysterbay Expressway
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
Rumor has it winners get a free ride in “The Beast”
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
just match up the dog-legs for you golfers out there
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
If you invert Bethpage park on Google earth you can clearly see the resemblance with the town of farmingdale on the south side of the park.
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
Brian, similar to the Old Courthouse Road and Jericho Turnpike “highway” bridges, the Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge was below grade level.
From Updated: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #30: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
Looks like inclement weather for the race.
From Three Amazing Photos from the Starting Line of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Wonder if the bridge was sort of buried. In the 1960 photo, the row seems to slope downward north to old country rd. Old country is wider now than it was then.
From Updated: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #30: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
Interesting how the residents had to pay the County $175 (about $1500 today.) Guess it was part of the deal if you bought that particular house?
From Updated: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #30: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
What a vision he had…. And a vision he saw materialize. Great find Howard !
From The Birth of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Correction: Not that easy! Definately Bethpage Park Golf looking south just east of the parking lot where the new bike path extension begins.
From Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
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