Tag: Lakeville Road
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Nov 18 2025
Mystery Friday Foto #56 Solved: The #19 White Racer in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify the #19 White Steamer?
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Aug 26 2025
Friday Mystery Foto #44 Solved: A Familiar Aerial of Lake Success
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this aerial of Lake Success
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Apr 30 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved; Moving Willie K’s Deepdale Gatelodge
Did you identify Willie K's former gatelodge on the move?
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Oct 02 2023
Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Did you identify this Fairchild mystery aerial?
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Mar 06 2023
Mystery Friday Foto # 9 Solved: The #2 De Dietrich driven by Arthur Duray in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this Mystery Foto?
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Jan 17 2023
Greg O’s Garage: New Discovery- The actual 1906 location of the Spinney Hill grandstands
In debate for many years, the actual location of the Spinney Hill grandstands at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races has largely been unconfirmed.
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Apr 25 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Motor Parkway under construction north of Marcus Avenue in Lake Success (Circa 1911)
The Vanderbilt Museum Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 22 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #2: Lake Success
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the second of this series, these nine photos feature our favorite parkway in Lake Success.
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Apr 20 2020
Mystery Foto #16 Solved: The Lakeville Road Entrance to the Great Neck Lodge in 1914
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve one of my all-time favorite Mystery Fotos.
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Apr 01 2020
Interactive 1924 Aerial Survey of New York City and the Motor Parkway in Queens & Lake Success
David Stephan has forwarded links to interactive high-resolution aerials of the July 1924 Fairchild Survey of New York City. The aerials were conducted for the City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment and are available on the New York Public Library website. Here are scans of the 1924 aerials of the Motor Parkway in Queens and Lake Success.
