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This one is practically in my backyard!
-What is the location and orientation of the aerial?
Meadowbrook Hospital (now NUMC) in East Meadow. Looking northeast.
-Identify the landmarks
Meadowbrook Hospital. Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge crossing the Motor Parkway in the top left of the close-up (to the left of the electrical tower). Wantagh Parkway bridge to the right of the Westbury Bridge. Levitt homes all the way on the top right portion of the pic, best seen in the close-up.
-Identify the roads in the aerial
Hempstead Turnpike at the bottom running left to right. Carmen Avenue in the left corner. Clearmeadow Drive on the right side of the hospital where the homes are being built. Motor Parkway running left to right at the top, near the bridges. Westbury Road running diagonally off of the Motor Parkway on the right side by the bridge. Wantagh Parkway being extended, with the trees on the top right.
- Give your rationale for the approximate date of the aerial.The photo was not dated. I would say 1951- a) homes on Clearmeadow Drive were built in 1951 based on the Nassau County Tax Assessor’s records; b) major additions to the hospital were occurring in 1951 (Howard, I’m sending along two pertinent articles, especially the one about construction being held up due a construction strike possibility). c) Motor Parkway Westbury Road bridge was not taken down until 1955; d) Wantagh
Parkway extension occurring in 1951.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
It looks like Meadowbrook Hospital from Hempstead Turnpike looking northeast. From the light colored car, which looks like a Plymouth or Dodge, it appears to be from the early 50’s
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
I prefer the Black Beast.
From The Black Beauty Meets The Black Beast in Roslyn
I can’t help but speculate that a prominent L I car collector we all admire may soon find himself in Monetery with a paddle in his hand to bring this beauty back to L.I.
From Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1911 Type 35R Raceabout to be Auctioned in Monterey
This photo appears to be looking north-north-east in East Meadow with the Meadowbrook Hospital in the center. I think the original Nassau County Correctional Facility is the H-shaped building on the left side. The roads are Carman Avenue and Hempstead Tpke. near the bottom with the LIMP running left to right near the top. I believe there are two LIMP bridges visable: over Old Westbury Road and Wantagh Parkway. It looks like the early stages of Levittown in the upper right corner so I’ll say it dates from 1947.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
From Robert R.
So nice to see the Mercer. I can remember Austin and Charlie Adams going around the Bridgehampton circuit in it.
From Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1911 Type 35R Raceabout to be Auctioned in Monterey
Walt Gosden is correct!!
From Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1911 Type 35R Raceabout to be Auctioned in Monterey
Meadowbrook Hospital and Nassau County Jail in background. Hempstead Tpk. in the front. Approximately late 1940’s to early 1950 by noting the cars in the picture.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
I like the 1908 and 2008 photos. It makes for a good comparison.
From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #48: Plainview Road Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)
I was going to say the Doubleday publishing plant, but the background looks more like Levittown.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
Ya got me, had trouble with this. Looks like a LI Motor Parkway bridge at the top center and a NY State Parkway bridge to the right of it in this Fairchild aerial. Closest I was able was Levittown facing SW with LIMP Newbridge Rd Pkwy bridge and the Wantagh State Pkwy bridge, just after starting the May 1947 construction of the Levitt homes. Old Country Rd diagonal at the bottom. Clueless on those buildings in the foreground. Looking forward to the obvious answer.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
From Jerry R:
Great highlights!
From The Black Beauty Meets The Black Beast in Roslyn
-What is the location and orientation of the aerial?
Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow (Now NUMC) looking North/NorthEast.
-Identify the landmarks
Meadowbrook Hosp., R. Moses bridge over the Wantagh Pkwy in the upper right, The LIMP Westbury Ave PW bridge to the left of the RM bridge.
Zooming in very tight on the hospital parking lot shows a neat, classic ‘Woody’ station wagon parked closest to the hospital. Wouldn’t mind having that car today!
-Identify the roads in the aerial
Hempstead Tpke along the bottom with a small sliver of Carman Ave showing. The Wantagh Pkwy upper right.
- Give your rationale for the approximate date of the aerial.The photo was not dated.
1951-
I checked the construction dates on the Zillow and Redfin real estate sites for the homes being constructed on Clearmeadow Dr east of the Hospital in the photo. Most homes we constucted in 1951-52.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
-What is the location and orientation of the aerial?
Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow (Now NUMC) looking North/NorthEast.
-Identify the landmarks
Meadowbrook Hosp., R. Moses bridge over the Wantagh Pkwy in the upper right, The LIMP Westbury Ave PW bridge to the left of the RM bridge.
Zooming in very tight on the hospital parking lot shows a neat, classic ‘Woody’ station wagon parked closest to the hospital. Wouldn’t mind having that car today!
-Identify the roads in the aerial
Hempstead Tpke along the bottom with a small sliver of Carman Ave showing. The Wantagh Pkwy upper right.
- Give your rationale for the approximate date of the aerial.The photo was not dated.
1951-
I checked the construction dates on the Zillow and Redfin real estate sites for the homes being constructed on Clearmeadow Dr east of the Hospital in the photo. Most homes we constucted in 1951-52.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
Two iconic symbols of American history. Being a guitar player and have played a Les Paul, the Les Paul has a very unique & special sound which is very pleasant to the ear compared to other guitars. Very cool piece, keep them coming Howard.
Best regards,
Wayne Carroll Petersen
Barney Oldfield Great Great Nephew
From The Black Beauty Meets The Black Beast in Roslyn
Meadowbrook Hospital, with the LIMP in the background?
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
It looks to be Howard’s old neighborhood, East Meadow…..looking northeast with Hempstead Tpke running l to r across bottom, Carman Ave. lower left running north; old Meadowbrook Hospital in dead center with the county jail behind to left and the sprawling jail farm behind.
At the top in the distance can be seen Salisbury Park Drive with the LIMP running across the back of the farm and the Limp bridge over Old Westbury Rd. And another LIMP bridge over Wantagh State Pkwy. I estimate the photo date to be 1947 because the first section of the new Levittown appears at the far top right.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
Nassau County Medical Center (NUMC) East Meadow. With the Jail just to the north of the hospital. My guess is 1948 or very soon after WWII. Facing North from Hempstead Tpk. The close up looks like Salisbury Park Drive crossing over the Wantagh Pkwy (which is the reason for today’s photo?) . The central RR should be just north of the Jail, but i cant seem to find it in the picture. I think the hospital building is still there, but hidden behind the big 18 story tower now. Parking lot is still the same.
From Mystery Foto #76 Solved: An Aerial of Meadowbrook Hospital and East Meadow Circa 1951/1952
It’s amazing that the cognac bottle is still almost full! How many people must have resisted the temptation to taste it during the past 108 years? Or someone must have kept it in a safe all the time ...
From The Silk Menu Celebrating Louis Wagner- Winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Isn’t it interesting how people who never even met Austin Clark refer to him as “Austie”, so it will make it appear that they knew him so well. He NEVER referred to himself by that name in all the years that we were friends and I worked for him. Beverly Rae Kimes called him that and other people picked up on it , now it it is being perpetuated by auction companies and anyone else who want people to think they knew the man. I only ever heard him, his family, and his friends (the real ones who actually know and spend time with him) know him as Austin. He and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were classmates at Harvard (class of 1940) yet do we hear Kennedy referred to as “Fitzie” ? Call him by what he did himself - it is Austin, not Austie.
From Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1911 Type 35R Raceabout to be Auctioned in Monterey
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