Tag: Garden City
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Aug 25 2014
Mystery Foto #82 Solved: Aerial View of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field on September 1, 1948
Frank Feminas challenged you to solve another Mystery Foto.
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Jun 23 2014
Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
Gary Hammond forwarded this amazing aerial for this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Apr 21 2014
Mystery Foto #64 Solved:George Robertson & Glenn Ethridge at the 50th Anniversary of the 1904 Race
This week's Mystery Foto documented a historic event.
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Jan 30 2014
Mystery Foto #53 Solved: Clinton Road, the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Curtiss Field Circa 1926
Milan G. Sharik, Jr. submitted this week's Mystery Foto...Another classic Long Island aerial.
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Nov 27 2013
The Garden City Hotel- Headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission
The Garden City Hotel, the largest and most exclusive hotel on Long Island, served as the headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission from 1904 to 1910.
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Nov 19 2013
Garden City Patch “Renewed Interest in the Vanderbilt Parkway”
Garden City Patch has posted this article on efforts to preserve a section of the Motor Parkway in Garden City.
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Sep 28 2013
Then & Now: The Garden City Hotel
Since 1901 the largest and grandest hotel on Long Island was the Garden City Hotel... a perfect choice for a VanderbiltCupRaces.com "Then & Now".
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Apr 30 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #32: Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City
The 32nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the two pillar Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City.
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Apr 24 2013
1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes Racer #53 Abbott Detroit Found In Sweden
Derek W. (Ottawa, Ontario): "I came across your wonderful site while looking for photos of my father- in- law's 1910 Abbott Detroit that was driven by Mortimer Roberts in the 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes. The car is currently in Sweden. Do you have any photos of the car? "
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Mar 06 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #31: The “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City
The 31st bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the amazing "Mayan Ruins" Bridge in Garden City. A favorite of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, I believe it is unique as the only Motor Parkway bridge in which construction was begun but never completed.
