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Nice find Art! Never thought about the tax maps. Leave no stone unturned. Excellent!

From Update: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #11 Bethpage #2

Here’s another document applicable for this thread.  Nassau County Tax Map from 2003, showing the Motor Parkway roadway heading directly into the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway below Revere Avenue.  Also showing Thorne Avenue as Central Avenue as I believe Al V. had pointed out. May not be anything new but thought it interesting. 

My FOIL request is still outstanding.  Supposed to hear something within 20 business days from when it was acknowledged (Aug. 16th) so hopefully soon.  But I’m not holding my breadth!

From Update: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #11 Bethpage #2

Thanks, Howard, re 52.  Thanks, Mark, re 57.  I can’t help but wonder if there was/is any chassis ID plate or other authentication offered by B-J?  More specifically to the point is Accelerate Auto Group’s site, <https://www.tuckerconvertible.com>, but simply having “57” stamps isn’t in any way proof of Tucker factory assembly.  [Heinz, maybe?]  I’m no Tucker fan but this mystery is truly fascinating.  Hope more devolves.  Sam, III

From Video Update: Tucker 1052C: #52 of the 51 Tuckers Built Sold at Auburn Auction

Wow; I was about to comment that this is nowhere near the sand pits when I had the sense to look first.  WOW!  I’ve been in and out of the area most of my adult life, worked nearby for 17 years, and LIMPed around there for some 20 or so and never realized. See, I’m NOT too old to learn.  For those of you who also were unaware, see the attached aerial view.  Sam, III

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

I lucked out when coming across one of Howard’s panoramic views of Melville circa 1930.

Like Sam III figures, the image is 1920 or earlier. Looking closely, I see wood/cedar posts on either side of the parkway. Then there’s the trolley line that continued straight from Duryea Rd then north until it met up with Broad Hollow Rd again. This stretch of the trolley row eventually became the section of Rte 110 we know today.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Sam, on Google Search - 1948 Tucker convertible, you’ll see load of photos of this blue Tucker convertible and stories, I got the Hemmings Daily from Jan.3rd, 2013, story about this Tucker was removed from Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/01/03/tucker-convertible-removed-from-barrett-jackson-auction/

From Video Update: Tucker 1052C: #52 of the 51 Tuckers Built Sold at Auburn Auction

Trying to locate where the photographer was standing. In the mystery photo the white church is in the distance and away from the cemetery. The cemetery today is still located in the backyard of the white church. Both were slightly moved to the west after 1947 to make room for Broad Hollow Rd expansion. The trolley line followed today’s Broad Hollow Rd, just behind the cemetery in the distance. The ‘38 and ‘47 aerials both show no roadways or cemetery in this sand pit region of Melville, but farmlands. Where was the photographer standing?

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Nice photo. Congrats to all who got the correct answer.  I definitely didn’t give this one enough thought.  Used to work in the area and went past it quite a number of times - should have came up with the correct answer!

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

First time to see any photo of the parkway at this particular location, and that it traveled along a plateau by the sand pits. The closest photos I’ve seen was at Clody bridge just to the west, and the Broad Hollow bridge to the east. Always learning something new here. Super Fantastic to the eagle-eyed experts!

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

A correction to my previous comment - Roads seen:  LIMP, Broad Hollow Rd ( which followed the route of today’s Old Walt Whitman Rd here ), Trolley Line ( wood poles for the trolley wire seen along that row ), then possibly Baylis Rd in the distance.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Never seen this one before. Terrain looks like Bethpage but it doesn’t resemble the Stymus’ farm(house). Motor Parkway in foreground with concrete posts at bottom left corner, and guardrails beginning at center (parkway bridge?). Too many tombstones to be Nibbe’s cemetery. It’s a long shot but I’m going to guess Bethpage looking east towards the Old Plainview Road (Pre 1908) roadway, still intersecting with a walk path that once existed before the Motor Pkwy was built. Hats off to anyone that can solve this.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

LIMP section - Melville/Huntington, Clody Farm bridge to Broad Hollow Rd.
                looking northeast towards Dix’s Hills
Closest Lodge - Huntington, Broad Hollow Rd (Rt. 110)
Other Roads - Walt Whitman Rd, Broad Hollow Rd, Duryea Rd
Historic Landmark - The little White Church in the Wildwood and cemetery

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

I found this intimidating, let’s see the outcome.

*Location:  Photographer would be within the property of today’s Melville Sand Pits. Looks to be area where the parkway was heading west after crossing over Broad Hollow Rd, then curving NNW until west. He or she was positioned south of the curve.

*Nearest Toll Lodge:  Huntington Toll Lodge.

*Roads:  LIMP, Old Walt Whitman Rd., Broad Hollow Rd. Baylis Rd. in the distance?

*Historic Landmark:  Lower Melville Cemetery. Burials dating from the 1800’s thru the 1930’s.

Here’s some maps:

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

It looks like a farm and a cemetery on the left.Location: Somewhere in Nassau county. Thanks Howard for posting. Gene

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

This one has had me stumped all weekend, but here’s my best guess…

Looking East from the LIMP curve just after the Clody/sandpits bridge and about 1500 feet before the Huntington lodge. In the photo is the church and graveyard that still stand where Walt Whitman Rd and Broadhollow Rd meet.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Bethpage/Central Park
Bethpage Lodge
Stymus Nibbe Cemetary

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Don’t think this is correct but it’s my only guess: looking east with the LIMP running north-south in the Melville area and the northern tip of Pinelawn Cemetery in the middle of the photo. Could be Pinelawn Road visible with the Huntington Lodge being the closest to this section.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Coming from Larry, one of the most fair and important members of our Tucker family, being recognized is indeed an honor. Thank you.

From Tucker Topics & AACA Museum Reflections:The Most Impactful Tucker People- The Mt. Rushmore of Tucker

Looking west at the Bethpage Stymus farm.  LIMP with guard rails left to right across bottom.
Nibbe/Stymus cemetery in center.
Halfway between Massapequa and Round Swamp Lodges.
Plainview Road left to right under cemetery.

From Mystery Friday #35 Solved: A View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway in Melville

Frank, no such luck; he said he had no idea what the tickets were all about and ditched the lot.  My LIMP history Page 0 has some but hasn’t been reposted yet; see them at http://sbiii.com/limphist/lmphst07.jpg, http://sbiii.com/limphist/lmphst08.jpg, http://sbiii.com/limphist/lmphst09.jpg, and http://sbiii.com/limphist/lmphst10.jpg.  As soon as I get the page up, it also has rubber stamps, a traffic ticket, season passes, etc.  Having trouble with images; guess I’ll just have to repost it as best I can, at: <http://sbiii.com/limphst0.html>.  Sam, III

From Malverne Treasure #5: Survey of "Toll Box" and Entrance/Exit Lanes at Rocky Hill Road (April 1914)