Tag: Camp Mills
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Greg O’s Garage: Newly Discovered 1919 Blueprints of Camp Mills in Garden City
Long Island contractor Roy Knoernschild has once again generously donated more survey maps. This time, Roy discovered a 1919 Completion Atlas of Camp Mills in Garden City. The Atlas was given today to Bill Bellmer, the village historian of Garden City, for the Garden City Archives.
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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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Update #2: In Search of the Mystery Camp Mills “New York” Road
Lee Chambers, who grew up in Mitchel Field, has been determined to document a mysterious Camp Mills road that ran east to west and disappeared when Mitchel Field was reconfigured in 1927 to 1932. Bill Bellmer's recent aerials and documents have help Lee solve the mystery.
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Mystery Foto #49 Solved:Hazelhurst Field, Garden City Lodge,Curtiss Engineering & Camp Mills in 1918
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again to identify another amazing previously unpublished Mystery Foto.
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Update #1: Time to Wail: The Western Wall of the Mayan Ruins is Gone
Over the last year, several people have sadly reported the legal destruction of the western wall of the "Mayan Ruins" in Garden City as a result of the building of two new homes in this Garden City area.
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Femenias Findings: Exploring the Link Between Camp Mills and the “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge
Frank Femenias believes there may be a link between the short-life of the Camp Mills (1918-1919) and the reason the nearby "Mayan Ruins"Motor Parkway Bridge was never completed. Did Frank convince you with these amazing overlays?
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Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Reveals Another Piece of Long Island History in Garden City
Mystery Foto #28 has uncovered a piece of Long Island history. Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer notes "the aerial shows the Camp Mills Base Hospital remains, one of my local specialties. The image you posted is better than any other that I have."
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Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: A 1931 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Mineola
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this spectacular Long Island aerial.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…