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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Levitt homes on right, power substation on left? Just a guess
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Motor Parkway Levittown looking west? Newbridge rd Bridge in middle of picture?
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
This view has to be in Levittown. The Levitt houses are visible plus the power lines.
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
The short nose and triple fins make this an earlier C-21 Dolphin (OA-3 USArmy designation).
From Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps
I believe that is the Lilco Gast Tank on Stewart Avenue, Garden City in the distance.
That means this picture is either some place near Jericho Turnpike in Mineola looking south, or Levitown/Bethpage looking west.
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Tom, no 1960 anything and no 1950 Pontiac (no stripes on trunk lid). As to Howard’s “Circa 1950s” pic, those are ‘57-‘58 Chrysler Corp. tail fins. Sam, III
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
Below is the article I commented about above, LIRR had plans for the LIMP from Roslyn Rd to Willis Ave in 1960.
From Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway
What a classic Motor Pkwy image! Thanks Al and Howard for sharing this image of the abandoned pkwy. Amazing this photo has survived after all this time!! I believe this mystery will test the experts’ knowledge of the LIMP roadway, where I now find myself struggling to solve as well. My best guess is we’re in Levittown looking west, ON future Salisbury Drive, looking towards the Garden City gas tank in the far distance. This mystery can’t be solved without the zoom feature. The concrete bridge guardrails in the distance likely the Old Westbury Rd bridge and NOT the Wantagh State Pkwy bridge later built by Robert Moses. This photo appears to be pre Wantagh Pkwy. This was a tough one. Thanks guys!
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Nice looking maps, but none of them worked. Every time I tried to interact with them, they closed.
From Femenias Findings: A New Interactive Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway
I think we’re looking west from the top of the western bridge abutment at Massapequa - Hicksville Road with the bridge over Wantagh Avenue visible in the background. My rationale is that these were the only 2 parkway bridges that were built this close together. Way off in the distance is the storage tank that was on the south side of Stewart Avenue in Garden City. Could that be remnants from the demo of the Massapequa Lodge on the right edge of the photo?
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Classic group photo with Shelby. Is that the sun visor in your ‘66 350? Check out that signature! Great stuff Howard and Roz. The event is heart warming
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Howard Kroplick
Yes, the signed visor is still on my 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H
From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
Love the photo with Carroll!
From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
Sure wish I could have been there. It looked great from just these slides and images.j
From Big Crowd Enjoyed "A Trip Back in Time" in Bethpage
These are only guesses,but the houses look like Leavitt homes,making the location some where in Levittown.I’m also guessing the tall structure in the far background is Meadowbrook hosp.(Nassau cnty. med center) Hi Al,how are you? Casey
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
How interesting…What an undertaking it was…
From How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan
Great story…
From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
Just a guess. Motor parkway in Lake Success going north over Northern State Pkwy. Hi-rise in background might be the first two hi-rise apartment towers in Fresh Meadows.
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
This is a great happening, thanks for sharing Howard.
From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
In the second photo the white car looks like a 1960 Pontiac.
From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
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