Vanderbilt Cup Races

Sam,

If the green structure were stables, any guess what the cluster of buildings in yellow was used for?

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

1904.  Jericho Tpke heading east.  Tulip Ave branches off south.  The photographer is most likely on the embankment of the LIRR trestle over Jericho Tpke.
-joe o

From Update #1: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Floral Park During the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Looking West down Jericho Tpke at the #18 Mercedes driven by William Luttgen from the top of the Creedmoor Branch Railroad Bridge in Floral Park during the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

From Update #1: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Floral Park During the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

During the first week of this month, I visited the AACA museum in Hershey, PA to see the special Mustang exhibit. Howard’s Mustang III was glowing under the museum lights, and seeing it there was like seeing an old friend in a different place. I also very much enjoyed the exhibit from the International Thunderbird Club as well as the rest of this fine museum, which I had not visited in at least ten years. As you can probably tell, yeah, I’m a FORD guy.
As per a recommendation from Howard, while traveling back home on Interstate 78 towards New York we stopped at the America On Wheels museum in Allentown, PA. It was there that I was able to renew my friendship with the original Mustang II prototype, a car I hadn’t seen since I was a kid. Man, you really appreciate these types of vehicles much more as an adult, and in a different light, rather than when first viewed as an awe struck kid! A good portion of our time there was spent walking around and photographing the Mustang II. The docent was very patient with us and allowed us to linger a bit more than the usual museum patron may have.
Wanted to mention here that I was surprised not to see the Mustang I or Mustang II on the list of Mustangs that helped to shape the 10 millionth version of FORD’s iconic pony car. Just my opinion, of course, as lists are what they are.
Thanks to Howard for the heads up about the Mustang II, that definitely enhanced our trip from the south shore of Long Island into Pennsylvania that day! My brother, a friend, and myself left LI just after 5 am and returned home at about 6 pm, so it was a bit of driving for me, but well worth the experience.

Thanks again to Howard, and I look forward to seeing everyone at the car shows for the rest of this summer. Enjoy!—Ernie :>)

From Yahoo.com: 10 Ford Mustang Concepts That Shaped The 10 Millionth Mustang

Best of luck at Pebble Beach. Eager to read a write up of the classic event especially as it applies to your Tucker.
Dick G.

From Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance News Release: Tucker: A Car Ahead of Its Time

....Hope You Have A Great Time….

From Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance News Release: Tucker: A Car Ahead of Its Time

The Plymouth ad is 1953 not 1955.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Lee - your Green Unknown Structure sure looks like a stable to me; there are a number iof similar such along the Gold Coast.  Frank - look again; up close - that is a horse and rider/jockey at upper right as clearly shown by its/their shadow at lower left (Howard can post an extreme blow-up or I can send one).  All - sorry if I scrambled Meadow Brook and Salisbury Plains - someone please enlighten me.  Sam, III

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Lee - Fantastic photo submission. Thank you! It appears the fire hydrant by the Salisbury Plains station is the same as the ‘74 photo posted on Sam Berliner’s website (courtesy Art Huneke). The distance in between is the same.

http://sbiii.com/lirrcrr1.html#slsbrypl

Sam - Previously, I was unable to form a shape for the object(s) by the grandstand. At first I thought birds, but their size were too large in comparison to the grandstand seating. Horses now sounds more likely, two heading north with their necks casting shadows pointing to the west. Nice catch! Free, runaway horses on the spacious field, how lucky they were.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Update: Lee Chambers added several treasures to the post.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Bad day - I KNEW I’d be embarrassed.  For sad “last” shots of the MB Clubhouse and the MB Station, see <http://sbiii.com/lirrcrr1.html#slsbrypl> and of the CRRofLI bridge, see <http://sbiii.com/lirrcrr3.html#crrbridg>.  Sam, III

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Howard,
Fascinating history of your beautiful Tucker.
Best of luck at Pebble Beach.  I’m sure you will look like a proud papa.
Rog

From The History of the Tucker 1044 (1948-Present) Updated: 6/18/2019

Aerial view looking NW toward Westbury from Hempstead Tpk by in Uniondale by the Coliseum. Over Stewart Avenue right to left and Merrick Ave top to bottom on an angle. LIMP structures west to east are Merrick Avenue Bridge, Newbridge Ave Bridge and Stewart Avenue Bridge. Train station is the Salisbury Station and the bridge that is still standing is the Central RR bridge west of the station (now filled in to its neck by the Meadowbrook Pkwy).  The building along Merrick was the Salisbury Links Country club and the Lake at Eisenhower is still there fed by the Meadowbrook brook. I do not know thats a good question if its a natural feed. The neighborhood north of Stewart Ave along today’s Salisbury Pk Drive was home to Elanor Roosevelt as a child. The 2 clusters of buildings were the Meadowbrook Club and the mast was its flagpole (guessing). I think date the picture to be 1924 after the Salisbury Clubhouse looks new and the debris field may be just that after its construction.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Howard the car looks great! Best of luck at the show. We’re all looking forward to seeing the car and the awards when you return. Have fun.

From The History of the Tucker 1044 (1948-Present) Updated: 6/18/2019

As everyone has previously posted, #1044 looks fabulous. I’m certain that next weekend at Pebble Beach will be a most memorable event for you, Roz and all the Tucker Family present. Very much looking forward to hearing your stories and seeing your photos from the Concours!

From AACA Museum: Largest Public Gathering of Tucker Automobiles in Decades to Happen on August 26, 2018

I forgot to ask if anyone else sees a horse running north to the left of the grandstand.  Sam, III

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Good one!  Absolutely nothing clicks (yet)!  There is no place where a major body of water lies directly NNE of the LIMP RoW.  I’d guess the original image was cut off there.  The RR station sure looks like the Central Branch’s Meadowbrook Station, which would make the middle-left-to-lower-right diagonal Whaleneck Road and the one beyond the station Post-cum-Merrick Avenue but nothing else jibes.  I give up (in disgust, knowing full well this will be a “Well, DUH!”).  Sam, III

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

Looking northeast over the eastern Garden City and Salisbury area in 1932.
The buildings in the center are the Meadow Brook Hunt Club; to its right the Meadow Brook links.
In the distant right is the Coldstream Clubhouse on Merrick Avenue opposite the the lake (still there) in Salisbury Park.
Lower left shows a partial view of the Meadow Brook Polo Field grandstand.
The road running left to right across the very top is the LIMP, with the Merrick Avenue bridge visible at left and in the distant right is the bridge over Salisbury Park Drive, and the LIMP curve around Mrs. Ladenberg’s property, where Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt lived for a period of time.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

We’re over Westbury looking northeast. In addition to the LIMP, major roads include Stewart Avenue, Merrick Avenue and Bellmore Road (Newbridge Avenue). LIMP structures include the Meadowbrook Lodge, Merrick Ave. bridge, Bellmore Rd. bridge, and Stewart Ave. bridge. This section of the LIMP was part of the course for the 1908, 1909, and 1910 V. C. Races. The LIRR Central Branch bridge is still standing although hidden in the trees about 200 feet east of today’s Meadowbrook Pkwy.  The Salisbury Plains station can be seen just east of the bridge. Just south of the LIRR bridge is the Meadowbrook Club clubhouse. The rectangle building could be the stable. Along with the Meadowbrook Golf Club, you also have the Salisbury Golf Club. The estate of Emily Ladenburg (Oasis) can be seen in the upper right where future First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt lived as a youngster from 1888 to 1892. The Salisbury Plains station opened in 1923 and it looks fairly new so I’ll guess 1923 or 1924 for a date.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway

looks like the area of hillside ave west of the current meadowbrook pky (not in picture)  . there is a golf course noth of hillside ave and the old motor pkwy is east-west on the northern part of the golf course.

From Update #3:Mystery Foto #33 Solved:Spectacular 1924 Aerial of Meadow Brook Hunt Club & Motor Parkway