Tag: Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge
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Jun 11 2018
Mystery Foto #23 Solved: A Caproni CA-5 Taking Off at Hazelhurst Field in September 1918
Richard Panchyk, author of Hidden History of Long Island, challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Flying Foto.
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Jan 24 2018
Mitchel Field Aerials Part I: 1923-1928
Hoping to find new views of the Motor Parkway, in 2003 I began collecting military aerials of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field. In the first of a new series, below are the best aerials of Mitchel Field from 1923 to 1928.
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Jan 08 2018
Mystery Foto #1 Solved: 1932 Aerial of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club from the SMU Ritchie Collection
The first Mystery Foto of 2018 was an aerial from an online university digital collection that I discovered today. It is one of 83 images of Long Island including over 35 aerials of estates.
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Aug 14 2017
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank
Art Kleiner, Paula S. and her son Jeff challenged you again to identify this 1950 image of our favorite parkway.
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Sep 10 2016
Femenias’ Findings: Anatomy of an Amazing 1938 Aerial (Garden City to East Meadow)
My favorite Nassau County aerial from the U.S. Department of Agriculture 1938 series highlighted the area from Garden City to East Meadow.
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Aug 06 2016
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 100 Planned Bridges Over & Under the Long Island Motor Parkway
Brian McCarthy has forwarded this question: How many Motor Parkway bridges were planned but never built?
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May 23 2016
Mystery Foto #21 Solved: A 1937 Cirkut Photo of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Raceway Update: 5/27
This weekend's amazing Mystery Foto was courtesy of the archives of SPLIA (Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities.)
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Sep 21 2015
Mystery Foto #38 Solved:Roosevelt Raceway, Meadow Brook Polo Field & Roosevelt Field Updated 1/24/16
Lee Chambers challenged you to identify this amazing Long Island aerial.
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Apr 07 2015
Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved:Clarence D. Chamberlin Taking Off from Stewart Avenue in 1928
Bill Bellmer really challenged you with this Mystery Foto from the Garden City Archives.
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Mar 09 2015
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Mural of the British Dirigible R34 Landing in Roosevelt Field in 1919
This brand new Mystery Foto documented a historic event in transportation that occurred on Long Island.
