Tag: Roosevelt Field
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Dec 06 2025
InstaGRAM report: The history behind the 1939 Midget Racing National Championship at Roosevelt Raceway
Long Island’s Roosevelt Raceway was modified to become a ½-mile oval and home to the Midget Racing National Championship on August 12th,1939. There has been almost no photo documentation published online about this race until now.
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Nov 28 2025
Fraud Alert Update: Guide to Identifying Authentic Versus Reproduced Long Island Motor Parkway and Roosevelt Field Porcelain Plates
Replicas of Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates continue to be sold as original plates on Ebay.
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Oct 22 2025
Video of the Week:Mall City- Roosevelt Field Mall in 1983
This NYU video documented the Roosevelt Field Mall 42 years ago!
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Feb 28 2024
Cradle of Aviation Exhibit: Roosevelt Field Aviators at the Mall
Roosevelt Field Aviators: Exhibit will be on display at the Roosevelt Field® shopping center from through March 13th.
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Jan 09 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #1 Solved: A 1956 aerial over the Meadowbrook Parkway Extension
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to identify another aerial.
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Jul 04 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: An amazing 1951 aerial over Roosevelt Field and Mitchel Field
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this holiday Mystery Foto.
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May 05 2021
Cradle of Aviation Archives: An amazing 1936 aerial of the Motor Parkway, Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway
Through the joint efforts of the Cradle of Aviation and VanderbiltCupRaces.com, treasures of Long Island history continue to be uncovered including this 1936 aerial.
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Mar 10 2021
Hot Post Alert & Update: Beneath the shadow of wings: Mitchel Field and the Motor Parkway (1924-1948)
Author/historian Paul R. Martin III is working on the first ever comprehensive history of Long Island's Mitchel Field "Beneath The Shadow of Wings". The aerials from Paul's website have resulted in 37 Comments and 42 East Meadow Facebook Comments and counting.
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Feb 16 2021
A rare 1936 amateur film of airplanes at Roosevelt Field
Earlier this month I purchased a 19-minute amateur 16 mm film of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. A big surprise was this rare one-minute color clip of airplanes taking off and landing at Roosevelt Field.
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Feb 08 2021
Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Open-Air Roosevelt Field Mall in 1957
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?
