Vanderbilt Cup Races

Need to reach Elise Grace Holloway. Want to discuss East 85th street. Third floor.

From From the Grace Holloway Family Album: Photos of the Old Westbury Home Built by Driver Foxhall Keene

Roosevelt Field bridge.  The only spot I know with two bridges next to each other.  And only a few hundred yards from where our photographer lived.

From Updated: Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Meadowbrook Polo Club Bridge over the Motor Parkway

Not crazy! Same tree!

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: The Lakeville Road Entrance to the Great Neck Lodge in 1914

The twin bridges! This is the most amazing shot I’ve seen yet of the two bridges. Thank you all for making this possible

From Updated: Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Meadowbrook Polo Club Bridge over the Motor Parkway

An amazing historical Motor Parkway photo never seen before! Otto McCamish was in the right place at the right time here. Thank you Mr. Cruickshank for sharing this gem to everyone.

From Updated: Mystery Foto #17 Solved: The Meadowbrook Polo Club Bridge over the Motor Parkway

This is a test PDF upload in the comments:

From Eddie Rickenbacker and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

At first, I thought that a “hot air attachment” was an accessory that could be added to a car to heat up the passenger compartment (early cars did not have hot-water heaters). I think John has the right answer. Here is more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburetor_heat

From Kleiner's Korner: Automotive Tests on the Motor Parkway

Cool cars

From Update: From the Thayer Family Album: Four Photos of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Michael Cain, Regarding snow removal on the Parkway. Early on the Parkway had it’s own maintenance and repair crew that did light snow removal. For heavier accumulations outside contractors were hired. In the mid-1930’s they were laid off and thereafter any necessary Parkway related maintenance and repairs was done by the male toll collectors on an as needed basis for which they were compensated .The snow removal photo with Otto McCamish is such an example. There was one major exception though. In late January 1936 there was a heavy snowfall in the area and Vanderbilt had Kienzle close down the entire Parkway until the end of February. I’m sure it was financial decision.

From Greg O's Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge

A lot of cars with carburetors and even fuel injection routed hot air from the exhaust to warm the carb or incoming air

From Kleiner's Korner: Automotive Tests on the Motor Parkway

Is “Over the seven seas” available as a DVD?
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Howard Kroplick

I don’t believe so.

From "Over the Seven Seas": A Film Starring William K. Vanderbilt II

Thanks, Al. Makes absolute sense.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Motor Parkway Bridges & the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 & 1908

That’s okay, Bill. Your name is what remember- George Cruickshank. My brother Rob McCarthy ( I’m Brian ) remembers you too. And Rob was saying maybe you have a brother that worked for the company, too? Rob was a serviceman in Hewlett, then Hix. He eventually went into overhead lines, now he’s in Project Management ( Transmission/Substation). I’ve been addicted to Motor Pkwy stuff for 20+ yrs now : )

From Greg O's Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge

Taken from a 20 page pamphlet put out by the The Wright Flying Field in 1916.  Classes cost $400 paid upfront.

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

Yeeks!  Better late than never!  The Wallis Bird link took me back to your auction posts and I see I was ‘way off on that Mercedes.  Look at the double Mercedes stars on the radiator shell - that makes it a pre-merger car, probably 1927 or possibly early 1928 and so a Mercedes S-modell, NOT a later Mercedes-Benz SS, which sported the present wreathed M_B logo.  As to the Crosley link, I suggest that his cars deserve far more than a mere sentence.  HK - since you are now a seaplane buff, you might enjoy this Fleetwings Sea Bird video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KNbIjc4tU>  Sam, III

From Updated: The 1940 Membership of the Long Island Aviation Club

Michael C.
There’s some upcoming posts that will shed some light on that and maintenance of the parkway.

From Greg O's Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge

Approximate location of the LIMP Meadow Brook Lodge in 2020.

From Greg O's Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge

My grandfather Romolo Caparrelli, who was a resident (lived on Villa Street) in Roslyn, worked on a restoration of the grist mill about 1920 when it was intended to be used as a tea house.  I believe he applied stucco to the exterior. His initials were in the stucco by the front entrance. I was told that he put a glass jar or container of some kind in the wall with various contents. 
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Howard Kroplick

Very cool! His RC initials are still there! We will search for the jar!

From The Restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill (Updated: February 27, 2020)

Art, Wonderful details about the Parkway’s bridge building petition, I believe it was their first of several.  I’m curious though why the petition included the Old Country Rd. bridge and not the Clinton Rd. bridge.  The only reason I can come with is that around the same time there discussions about a new alignment for Clinton Rd. I think it is pretty obvious why the Parkway petitioned for the other four bridges at that time, they all are over county roads on the Parkway portion of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race circuit.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Motor Parkway Bridges & the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 & 1908

Greg, The McCamish family photo captioned 1936-1937 has Otto with a smirk rather than a smile. I think I know why.  At he time of the photo his pay was $30.00 a MONTH until the Parkway closed. but all the toll collectors did live rent free in the lodges.

From Greg O's Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge