Tag: Mystery Photo
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Apr 22 2013
Mystery Foto #11 Solved: The Motor Parkway in Wheatley Heights/Wyandanch/Half Hollows Looking West
This previously unpublished 1930 aerial shows the Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights looking west.
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Apr 15 2013
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Family Photos of Driver Joe Dawson
Larry Synder has forwarded photos from his family albums of his great-uncle Joe Dawson who participated in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race and won the 1912 Indy 500 Races.
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Apr 09 2013
Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?
After one week of comments, I believe Frank has solved the mystery. Most likely, the photographer was looking south on the Motor Parkway towards the Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge.
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Apr 01 2013
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Levittown/Bethpage on May 27, 1947
Congratulations to Tim, Frank Scotty, Greg Tsistinas, Steve Lucas, Brian McCarthy, Frank Femenias, susansmoose, Gary Hammond, Art K., and Joe Oesterle for correctly identifying last Friday's Mystery Foto.
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Mar 25 2013
Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Driver Louis Rigolly in a Gobron-Brillié Racer
Congratulations to Ariejan Bos of the Netherlands and Jean-Yves Lassaux of France for identifying Louis Rigolly driving the 1904 Gobron-Brillié Racer.
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Mar 18 2013
Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race
Congratulations to Arejan Bos, Jean-Yves Lassaux and Randy Reed for correctly identifying the Mystery Friday Foto: Driver Bob Burman and his mechanician Jack Gable with a Peugeot at the 1915 Indy 500 Race
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Mar 12 2013
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941
This aerial was taken in October 1941, over 3 years after the Motor Parkway was closed. Can you identify the location and Motor Parkway landmarks?
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Mar 04 2013
Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North
The fourth in our series of Friday mystery photos is a classic aerial of the Motor Parkway: Old Bethpage and Melville looking North.
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Feb 25 2013
Mystery Photo Solved #3: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Ellison Road (Avenue) in Westbury
Last Friday's mystery photos of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race were courtesy of the Witmer Photograph Collection of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society in Port Washington.
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Feb 18 2013
Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Last Friday's mystery photo has been solved. The aerial is looking north towards Curtiss Engineering Corporation and Curtiss Field in Garden City and East Garden City in 1927.
