Tag: Mineola
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Jun 01 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A U.S. Army Signal Corps (Mineola) Scrapbook
The U.S. Army Signal Corps established a base in Mineola in 1916. First Lt. P.R. Stockton (1880-1962) was stationed there as a member of the First Aero Squad and recorded his time in photographs in a scrapbook he compiled throughout his military service. The scrapbook is in the archives of the National Air and Space Museum and available on the website of the Smithsonian Institute.
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May 31 2021
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: Seven parked automobiles at Krug’s Corner Hotel in Mineola circa 1911-1912
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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May 10 2021
Mystery Fotos #19 Solved: Old Country Road and Glen Cove Road intersection (circa 1952) and a Volvo that made the news in 1957
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged you to solve this special two-part Mystery Foto.
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Mar 30 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Mineola and the Motor Parkway, 1908
Mineola has often been mentioned in vanderbiltcupraces.com as significant to the development of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In this 1908 publication published by D. C. McKay & Son, both are used to promote the village of Mineola.
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Feb 01 2021
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: A 1950 aerial over the Northern State Parkway from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this final Mystery Foto of the month.
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Jan 20 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #5: East Williston, Mineola, Bethpage & Old Bethpage
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the fifth of the series, these five photos feature our favorite parkway from East Williston to Old Bethpage taken around 1962.
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Sep 29 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: A Garage on the Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
The Mineola Motor Car Co. was located on Jericho Turnpike and Willis Avenue, near Krug's Hotel. It advertised being on the Vanderbilt Cup Course and in articles noted its gasoline storage system was especially useful to drivers during the race.
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Aug 03 2020
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The Grave’s Garage on Searing Avenue in Mineola
Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Jun 13 2020
Update: The 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds
In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of over 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island. Update (June 13, 2020): Another film on the Jubilee has been posted on YouTube.
