Tag: Westbury
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Dec 16 2025
Mystery Foto #60 Solved: #4 Chadwick on the LIRR Bridge on Ellison Road in Westbury during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this mystery racer?
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Mar 29 2025
VanderbiltCupRaces.Com exclusive: Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Marty Himes Collection
The Marty Himes Collection has forwarded these rarely seen images from the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Oct 22 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #42 Solved; 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Driver Freddy McEvoy
Joel Friedman challenged you to identify Freddy McEvoy
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Jun 22 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Another Hotel Near the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Several Vanderbilt Cup Races ran near the village of Westbury and several hotels were there to serve race goers.
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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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Apr 26 2022
Kleiner’s Korner - Nassau County Surveys: Stewart Avenue & The Motor Parkway in Westbury and East Meadow
Surveys obtained from the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works indicate improvements to Stewart Avenue between Merrick Avenue and Carmen Avenue were planned during the decades that followed the 1938 closing of the Motor Parkway.
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Apr 04 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved: A view of a Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Feb 16 2022
1938 Aerials of Roosevelt Raceway from the Cradle of Aviation
The Cradle of Aviation has provided these six 1938 aerials of Roosevelt Raceway, the site for the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Mar 31 2021
Family Photos of Henry Schmidt’s Meadowbrook Hotel in Westbury
As a follow-up to the 2020 Mystery Foto #7 of the Meadowbrook Hotel, the owner's great-grandson Michael White has forwarded two photos from the Schmidt/White family album. The photos are from the collection of Thomas Schmidt, another great-grandson.
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Mar 20 2021
Update: Greg O’s Discovery: The McCamish Family and Their Time in the Meadow Brook Lodge
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Mystery Foto regular Greg O. (Oreiro) discovered in April 2020 a new treasure trove of Long Island Motor Parkway photos from Bill Cruickshank, the grandson of toll collector Otto McCamish. Update March 20, 2021: Bill has forwarded two more lodge photos.
