Tag: Garden City Archives
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Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908
The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Update: The Spring Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Over 55 people attended Thursday's presentation on a rainy evening. Great discussions on the Motor Parkway and Garden City!
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Mystery Foto #19 Solved: The Motor Parkway East of Clinton Road, Garden City in the 1950s
Brian McCarthy challenged you to solve another Motor Parkway Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A Summer 1908 Touring Cruise to Krug’s Corner and the 1908 Race Course
The Garden City Archives challenge you to identify this summer 1908 Mystery Foto from their Long Island Motor Parkway scrapbook.
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From the Garden City Archives: Building the Bridges of the Long Island Motor Parkway
The building of the Motor Parkway was well documented by photographers throughout the summer of 1908. The best compilation of these construction photos was found in a scrapbook Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway.
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…