Tag: Long Island Rail Road
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in Advertising Part II
Part 2 in this series features sporting events held in close proximity to the Motor Parkway.
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The Tradition of Revelry Before the Saturday Starts of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island began usually around 6:00 in the morning and always on a Saturday. The race's daybreak start attracted thousands of adventurous souls who streamed in from New York continuously on Friday night and early Saturday.
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The First Documented Automobile Railroad Crossing Accident in the USA as Reported in France in 1901
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, the amazing Ariejan Bos of Netherlands has discovered the December 1, 1901 issue of the French magazine La Vie au Grand Air which described Henri Fournier's encounter with a Long Island Rail Road locomotive. Ariejan has kindly translated the article.
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Mystery Foto #39 Solved:The First Documented Automobile Railroad Crossing Accident in the USA Update
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this never-before-published Mystery Foto.
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New VanderbiltCupRaces.com Series: My Motor Parkway Story #1- Jerry Mintz
In a new series for VanderbiltCupRaces.com, fans of the Long Island Motor Parkway tell their own Parkway stories supported by images from my collection. First up is Jerry Mintz, who was brought up near Roslyn Road.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” VIII: On to Deadman’s Curve
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the eighth post of this series, Sammy and Dave continued their exploration from Levittown to Deadman's Curve in Bethpage.
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Mystery Foto #11 Revealed & Updated: Barbot’s Flying Flivver Over Merrick Avenue in 1923
Art Kleiner of Kleiner's Korner forwarded one of the most challenging and fun Mystery Fotos ever posted!
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The Long Island Rail Road and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Up to 250,00 people attended the Vanderbilt Cup Races, when the population of Nassau County was less than 75,000 and cars were owned only by the wealthy. Accordingly, the vast majority of the spectators came from New York City and Brooklyn and used the Long Island Rail Road to travel…
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