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Cedar Swamp Historical Society Collection
Index by Location
- Lake Success -- Motor Parkway
- Vanderbilt's Motor Parkway / R. Wines. Journal of Long Island
History, Vol. 2, No. 2; p.14-28; Fall 1962.
- The story of the construction of the now abandoned Vanderbilt Parkway. Originally designed for safe
and hazard free racing, the Vanderbilt Speedway eventually failed. This is one of the towns where 'public' races
were held, allowing motorists to use public roads. Vanderbilt thought this was asking for trouble and attempted
to create a private racing road.
- Illustrations or Maps: No
- Lake Success (Lakeville) -- Sanitary Commission
- Brooklyn and Long Island Sanity Fair: 1864 / H. Styker-Rodda. Journal of
Long Island History, Vol. 4, No. 1; p.1-17; Winter 1964.
- During the midlist of the Civil War, women in Brooklyn and New York City held Sanitary fairs to raise
money to aid the families of those fighting. Many towns on Long Island held smaller versions of the Brooklyn
and New York Sanity Fair, and they each raised a substantial sum of money.
- Illustrations or Maps: No
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