Vanderbilt Cup Races

What an amazing piece of Automotive Heritage! I would love to be at TROG and see it run.
Congratulations Howard, Rob and Bob.

From The Alco Black Beast passes a dyno test

Austin Clark moved to Glen Cove in about 1953 so that would possibly date the photo . His residence in Southampton was on the east side of South Main Street and prior to 1900 was a hotel.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

The caption notes that Henry A. Clark, Jr. of Flushing and Southampton is at the wheel.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

Marty when I knew him was older so had light gray hair, his wife Jean did have dark hair. Marty was tall and slim, worked for Sperry aviation/aeronautical located opposite what is now the entrance to Long Island Jewish Hospital on the east side of Lakeville Road. Photo to small for me to identify. If it is him and his car he and I took the transmission in and out of it by hand on our backs under the car! I was much younger when I did that by about 40 years!

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

Could be, Art. With Walt Gosden recalling Martin Haughey owning the same type car, I did a genealogical search for him on Ancestry.com. Martin and Jeanette Haughey did reside in Albertson. A military record describes Martin as a tall, slim redhead. Tough to tell the hair color of the gentleman above, his wife ( I presume ) is a darker brunette. If Walt remembers Martins hair color, etc, the identity of this couple could be known.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

I was the buyer of that Lumen Martin Winter mural from the Cordier Auction. I still own it.

From Update: The Hunt for the "Godfather" Train Painting is Over

Might this be the 1910 Buick with the top down?  Found among the Helck Family Collection.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

Always learning something from these fantastic aerials. Mineola/Carle Place/Westbury looking SE. Motor Parkway, Old Country Rd, Clinton Rd, Glen Cove Rd, Meadow Brook State Parkway (1956), LIRR, and more. Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall (1955), Partial Roosevelt Air Field landing ramps, Still existing Roosevelt Air Field Hangars along Old Country Rd, Roosevelt Harness Raceway, Mitchel Field, Motor Parkway LIRR bridge, Motor Parkway Old Country Road underpass bridge, and more. Colonel Lindbergh’s historic Spirit of St. Louis Hangar 16 has already been removed from the corner of Old Country Rd and Clinton Rd. Tree-lined Motor Parkway diagonal in the lower right corner. Though extremely difficult to see in this super aerial, the Motor Parkway’s Meadow Brook lodge hosted the 1908-10 Vanderbilt Cup Races. Appears a single car on the newly built MSP, date about 1956

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

Timothy - Only one of the Polo Fields can be seen along the top left edge of the aerial

From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction

If anyone is interested, I have a copy of this R&T for sale. I’m asking $5.00 + $4.00 shipping. If interested my email is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). I’m in Melville and can arrange for pick up or delivery. The magazine is in excellent condition. Howard, I apologize in advance if this is against web site rules, Casey
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Casey, in this case, no problem. Howard

From Road & Track September 1966: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and his 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa

Where to start! Photog is looking SE. over Westbury/Garden City area. The major roads are Old Country Rd.(mid left to lower right). Meadowbrook Pkwy.(mid lower left). Glen Cove /Clinton Rd.(left to right,lower third of photo). Stewart Ave. (upper middle of photo where East bound Pkwy. bends to the South. Group of dark roofed buildings is Roosevelt field shopping center. To the left, across parkway is Roosevelt airfield with 3 hangers just east of OCR bridge over pkwy. Further east is Roosevelt raceway. Vanderbilt cup revival was held at Roosevelt raceway. Sections of LIMP went through the area of this photograph. I’m guessing at mid 1950’s as buildings on in front of shopping center are not up yet.It was originally the Diamond Exchange.

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

I want to amend my answer. This photo is actually being taken over Mineola,( not Carle Place)  near the Mineola, Carle Place, Garden City border

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

3 marked images below - First 2 coincide with the possibility of the view west over Clinton Rd could be looking north over Westbury Ave. The buildings in the background don’t jive with that area. 3rd image, maybe they were viewing east over Old Searingtown Rd.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

Similar to the mystery photo in November.

Looking Southeasterly at the Roosevelt Field Mall. Newly built Meadowbrook Pkwy, Old Country Rd, Glen Cove Rd, LIMP diagonal in the lower right corner. Mall still open air, Roosevelt Raceway off to the left, hangars still present on OCR. Michell Field far off in the background.  A few VCR courses ran through the area as well as the 1936/37 and 1960 races all at Roosevelt Raceway.

Construction complete on both the mall and Meadowbrook, my guess is around 1957/58.

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

This aerial is taken over Carle Place looking south east over East Garden City and Roosevelt field.
Major roads include Old Country Road, Clinton Rd,Meadowbrook Parkway.
Significant buildings and complexes include Macys, at the south end of Roosevelt Field, a few hangars on Old Country road, the Old Roosevelt Raceway.

The Long Island Motor Parkway ROW can be seen on the south end of Roosevelt field, now Ring road, and then again in the lower right of the photo as it moves north out of Garden City ( between Russel Rd and Pell Terrace) crosses Old Country road and moves north in to Mineola. You can see the LILCO electricity towers along its path.

SEctions of many Vanderbilt cup races are included in this photo: 1908, 1909, 1910, 1936, 1937 and 1960 according to past entries.

For the date, I would say sometime after August 1956, when Roosevelt Shopping center opened and before August 1967 when the Grandstand for the new Roosevelt Raceway went up.

BTW, the house I grew up in is in this picture ...on Avalon Rd in Garden City. I spent alot of time in Roosevelt field as a kid.
Great picture. Thanks for sharing.

Question. I don’t think I see Franklin National Bank? Do you know when that was built? I could not find that information. Thanks George

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

Art, your Motor Pkwy searches continue to fill the missing gaps. Great stuff!

From Kleiner's Korner: A Newspaperman's Memorable Adventure On and Above the Motor Parkway in the 1920s

Wow, great Motor Parkway history Al!

From Kleiner's Korner: A Newspaperman's Memorable Adventure On and Above the Motor Parkway in the 1920s

Sounds good Al.  Thanks. 

I only report what’s published.

From Kleiner's Korner: A Newspaperman's Memorable Adventure On and Above the Motor Parkway in the 1920s

Location and orientation of the photographer: high above Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall looking south east.

The major roads: Meadowbrook Parkway sweeps lower left to upper right. Running east-west from north (bottom) to south (top) are the LIRR, Old Country Road, the Mall ring road, Stewart Ave.

The significant buildings and complexes: in addition to the mall we have left of center hangers from the field when it was an airport (later used by Murry the K as a disco), Roosevelt Raceway for harness races, Mitchel Field and its runways

Link the Mystery Foto to the Long Island Motor Parkway: the parkway ROW appears in the lower right corner, in fact the bridge over the LIRR is still there.

Link the Mystery Foto to the Vanderbilt Cup Race(s): Before Roosevelt Raceway was a horse raceway it was a speedway where several cup races were held.

The date of the Mystery Foto: Sometime between 1962 when Gimbels opened at the mall and 1983 when the LIMP LIRR bridge was removed.

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway

We are looking southeast over Carle Place / Mineola toward East Garden City. Major Roads are: Glen Cove Road; Clinton Road; Old Country Road; Meadowbrook Parkway; Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue off in the distance. Buildings and complexes include: Roosevelt Fields (Raceway, Shopping Mall, Airfield Remnants including hangars); E. J. Korvettes; Mitchel Field. The LIMP link is the old R. O. W. that ran south parallel to Glen Cove Road before turning east over Clinton Road behind the mall. The V. C. R. link is the site of the 1936 & 1937 races along with part of the route for the 1908, 1909 and 1910 races (Ellison Avenue extension). Because the mall looks completed yet very few cars in the parking lot, I’m guessing the date to be around its opening in 1956.

From Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway