Tag: Mitchel Field
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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 21 2017
Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World’s Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School
Last weekend's Mystery Foto was one of my all-time favorites- an 16-foot x 80-foot 1937 map.
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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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Jan 06 2017
Town of North Hempstead to Hold Memorial This Sunday for Five Airmen Killed in a 1942 Bomber Crash
Please join me and the Town of North Hempstead this Sunday to honor five airmen who 75 years ago gave their lives so that the people of New Hyde Park and their homes might be spared.
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Nov 11 2016
Images of America Book: East Meadow by Scott Ackers
Scott Eckers, author of Images of America: East Meadow, will have a book-signing on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street. I am pleased to have contributed nine images to Scott's outstanding book on my childhood village.
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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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Jul 16 2016
The 1938 U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Suvey of Nassau County #2: Garden City to East Meadow
On August 3, 1938, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial survey of Nassau County. These enlargeable aerials (NC_8_3_38 series) have been posted on the Stony Brook University Digital Research Collections. Unfortunately, these aerials are not sorted, indexed by location and are combined with other aerials in the Stony Brook
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Jul 13 2016
The 1938 U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Suvey of Nassau County #1: Searingtown to Garden City
On August 3, 1938, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial survey of Nassau County. These enlargeable aerials (NC_8_3_38 series) have been posted on the Stony Brook University Digital Research Collections.
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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.)
