Vanderbilt Cup Races

It was great when we all went out to Marty’s Museum
I always heard about his place but never made it that
was a great day on that road trip to there
thanks, Howard for setting that up
Rest in peace Marty

From InstaGRAM Report; Marty Himes and his Racing Career

Amazing details presented about Links Golf Course thanks to Pamela Dancy and Richard DeMenna. Please continue to post!

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

I had no idea that there were all these different ideas for Mustang.  But I do remember, when I was 8, first seeing Mustang at the Worlds Fair in NY!

From Autoevolution.com: 5 of the Most Fascinating First-Generation Mustang Concepts

Hope this is not overkill but here are a few more pictures to peruse. The first image, circa 1926, shows the Links GC entrances off I U Willets Road. Just north between these two entrances was the Northcourt estate. The estate has been discussed previously on this site (Mystery Foto #14).

The third picture, circa 1950, shows a sharp image of the Links GC buildings. There was a small building, not mentioned in my previous post, between the vehicle garage and the pro shop/greenskeeper barn. That housed a small electrical station with danger/warning signs that us caddies stayed clear of!

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Judging by the shadows, the photographer is facing east. That looks like the Ladenburg windmill in the distance. So I’m going to say that the location is just west of the Merrick Avenue bridge. I have no clue about anything else.

From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Approaching the Merrick Ave. Bridge

Okay Art Kleiner I will keep them coming! This 1926 aerial showcases the Links GC buildings and the two motor vehicle entrances in that vicinity. Actually there were two additional entrances off I U Willets Road that were gated. One was by the 6th green and the other near the 8th green. Back in my day they were occasionally used by the maintenance department.

The second picture shows the 11th fairway and the pond in 1982. That was my last year at the club and possibly the last year the club was in operation. Perhaps Pamela Dancy can confirm this? Note the rearrangement of the pond. In 1926, the fairway along the pond to the green was adjacent to VMP. Somewhere between 1926-1950, the pond skirted VMP and the fairway to the green was to the right of the pond.

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Amazing ‘Links’ details posted here. The parkway stretch between Shelter Rock Rd and NHP Rd seen here before Links’ establishment, looking west towards the Old Courthouse Rd bridge

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

I lived in Carle Place, the end of the street was a dead end where the motor parkway used to be. We played there endlessly. It’s still there, a border between Mineola and Carle Place. I dream of it, I see the ways we used to roam, the trees, the houses, the fences, such nostalgia. We were blessed to grow up there. Ice skating at the Roslyn duck pond, Bar Beach, so many great things. And really no crime, who locked doors? I live in Los Angeles now, no comment on that:)

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Happy to reminisce and share my memories of the Links GC and the Motor Parkway. In my youth in the mid 1960s, the stretch of the highway between New Hyde Park and Shelter Rock Roads was actively used. Our bicycles were up and down the road. Plenty of bike races and the place to show off all of our new fangled equipment. Banana seats, angel bars, sissy bars, etc. were always showcased. The highway gained a second life for many young teenagers who lived in the area. I can personally discuss the Links GC in detail and can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Thank you to all the recent individuals who commented.  It’s always fascinating to read first hand experiences of topics on the site.  Keep them coming!

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

I love to hear about The Links. My dad knew all the members, but the names are vague to me. My brothers probably remember better than I do, I’m not good with names.  I wasn’t allowed in some of the rooms, except to clean up. Neither were the wives:)  There were 2 other couples after Bert & Percy. We kind of knew it was going to be the end when the last couple was managing. They had problems. I do remember the side door to the clubhouse, I remember the whole place like it was yesterday. So good to share the memory, thank you!

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

I vividly remember Bert when on occasions a member instructed me to go to the side entrance of the clubhouse to receive a well welcomed cold refreshing coke. Either Bert or Mr. Prescott would retrieve a bottle for me. I do not remember the circumstances when there was a change of management at the clubhouse. However I certainly agree with you Pamela that it was a step in the wrong direction. I am sure we could share some memorable stories on the cast of characters who were members of the club!

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

It was so fun to work there! We churned the butter and rolled it to look like golf balls.
Bert and Percy were the caretakers then. When they passed, the new ones were not so good. Sadly, everything went downhill.

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Here are a few Newsday clippings that I saved back in the day that enhance some of the previous made comments.

From Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club's Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway

Here is the opposite side of the Links GC scorecard.

From Even More Information on the Links Golf Club in Searingtown

Many movies and series have been filmed on Long Island. Neat to know that the series Gotham and Titans have used this location, I’ve been a fan of these shows. Used to drive around and work in Nassau. I’ve always imagined coming upon a film location by surprise/ by accident.

From Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The "Braes" Mansion in Glen Cove, film location of Batman's Wayne Manor

Reading through Gary Hammond’s comment above, it brought me back to the mid 1990’s. On my 1994 Hagstrom , this location was marked as Museum in the Park. At the time, I planned on visiting there and the Garden City Toll Lodge Museum. I was a bit disappointed that the museum wasn’t there anymore, but the man I met in Eisenhower informed me about the collections being in Hofstra. Never went to Hofstra to check it out, but then headed to the lodge. There was another man visiting the lodge while I was there. We started talking about Motor Parkway, he joked I was bitten by the Motor Parkway Bug; like he was lol.

From Kleiner's Korner: Miscellaneous News Concerning Vanderbilt Cup Race Drivers and Cars

The old Nassau Co. Hist. Museum would later be known as the Bicentennial House, and then as the Museum in the Park. The small brick former garage was also used by the Museum for curatorial and exhibit purposes, before later serving as a workshop for the Park’s Puppet Theater. A memorial rose garden was added, as was the LIRR Steam Locomotive #35 as part of the complex. In the 1980’s there were plans to add a Carousel and also talk of a McDonalds being built adjacent to the complex. In 1986 the Nassau Co. Museum Reference Library was moved out of the building - part to Hofstra as part of the L.I. Studies Institute, the rest to Sands Point Preserve. In January 1991, the building, then known as the Museum in the Park, ceased being part of the NC Museum System. It has since been used my many other NC departments, and at one time by the Woman’s Sports Foundation, although they haven’t been there in a number of years. It still stands near the lake, but now mistakenly called “Lannin House”, something it NEVER was! I assume this was a political decision, done since 2011! Originally it was part of the James Clinch Smith estate, whose home was built there in 1901. By 1923 Joseph J. Lannin owned the property. Lannin died May 15, 1928. He had apparently given the property for the house to his daughter prior to his death. The J. Clinch house was demolished for a new home being built for newly married Dorothea Anne Lannin and Harry A. Tunstall who were married on September 17, 1929. This new, fully furnished home was destroyed by fire on October 15, 1929, the night before the Tunstalls returned from their honeymoon. The present brick Tudor style home was built as a fireproof building as a result of this tragic fire. We know that they held a “housewarming and tea at their new home” on May 11, 1930. It was built by the Tunstalls, not Lannin. The Nassau Co. Memorial Park, which surrounded the property on 3 sides, was dedicated on October 3, 1949. Commonly known as Salisbury Park, it was renamed for President Eisenhower. The artifacts once exhibited in the building were returned to the Museum’s collections storage facility to be used for changing exhibits or on display at other Museum sites such as Old Bethpage Village Restoration. My job prior to my retirement was as the Museum Registrar, responsible for all the Nassau Co. Div. of Museum Services collections (library / archival / historical / biological / archaeological and geological, etc.), including those once housed in the old Historical Museum! Oh, and I checked my records and no, we didn’t have a portrait of George Robertson in the collection.

From Kleiner's Korner: Miscellaneous News Concerning Vanderbilt Cup Race Drivers and Cars

‘The Braes’ Glen Cove, LI
Herbert Pratt
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture

From Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The "Braes" Mansion in Glen Cove, film location of Batman's Wayne Manor

And one more image.

From Sam and Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #2 Manhasset Hills