Tag: Mystery Photo
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Jul 22 2013
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Salisbury Park Drive in East Meadow/Salisbury in the 1940s and Much More
My favorite co-author Al Velocci submitted this challenging Mystery Foto of the remnants of the Motor Parkway in East Meadow/Salisbury. (Courtesy of the Nassau County Museum Archives.)
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Jul 16 2013
Mystery Foto #24 Solved: The Commack Spur of the Long Island Motor Parkway- Updated 1/30/16
Frank Feminas offered last week's Mystery Foto challenge with two aerials of the "Commack Spur" taken in August 1938.
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Jul 08 2013
Mystery Foto #23 Solved: The Munsey Park Service Center on Northern Boulevard with a 1956 Chevy
Last Friday's Mystery Foto was the Munsey Park Service Center on Northern Boulevard with a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air at the pump.
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Jul 01 2013
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: 1938 Aerial of East Williston, Mineola & Carle Place
Greg, one of our champion solvers, submitted last Friday's Mystery Foto.
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Jun 21 2013
Mystery Foto #21 Solved A 1906 B.L.M. Racer
Frank Lawrance has forwarded information on his grandfather Charles Lawrance, the "L" in the B.L.M. car that was a candidate for competing in the 1906 Americal Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jun 17 2013
Mystery Foto: #20 Solved: Grave’s Garage in Mineola- Headquarters for the 1908 #3 Mercedes
In celebration of Sunday's Father's Day, this Mystery Foto is a real softball.
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Jun 10 2013
Mystery Foto #19 Solved: Aerial of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race & Site of Lindbergh’s Takeoff
This aerial was taken during the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at the "new" Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury.
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Jun 03 2013
Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club’s Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway
Queens historian and "Champion of the Motor Parkway" Robert Miller has provided this rare image of an entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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May 27 2013
Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)
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May 20 2013
Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile
This trick Mystery Foto has been solved: It is a 2013 black and white photo of a scratch-built model of "Old 16" built by Frank Schaeffer.
