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Modern Photos

The Cradle of Aviation Museum

Photos below by Paul Martin
Some photos from the opening of the original Cradle of Aviation Museum in 1993, when it was just a few raw orignal MF hangars.

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Some fine Modern Photos by  Richard E. Flagg, taken 2014

Then and Now
by Lee Chambers

Circa mid 1970s: photos below by Paul Martin

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Just before and during WWII as the AAF enlisted personel numbers dramatically increased, so did the need for base housing. Dozens of wooden 1 and 2 story barracks were built on the North side of the RR Tracks and to the west of the parade ground and hangars. Typical of identical barracks built at airfields and training camps all around the country, they went up quickly and cheaply.  Many of these barracks lasted into the early 80s and in fact I went to art classes in them during my years at Nassau Community College when they were turned into classrooms and art studios.  All of these buildings have since been torn down, probably in the early 90s.

Photos below by Paul Martin circa 1973. 

Pictures below by Vince Fitzgerald, 1968 and 1969.

Post WWII Hanger located at West End: 1960s Postcard and Paul Martin photo circa 1973, during demolition.

Warehouse row, coal towers and Northwest gun bunker and runway.

Photos below courtesy of ARTHUR JOHN HUNEKE's     LIRR  Website ARRTS ARCHIVES

Warehouse Row
Coal Towers and Gun Bunker runway
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Text below by Warren Davis:
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  • Mitchel Field Band
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  • John Purroy Mitchel
  • Mitchel/Selfridge
  • Contact
  • Links
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  • NRHP Registration
  • Crashes & Accidents Index
    • Crashes 17-29
    • Crashes 30s
    • Crashes 40
    • Crashes 41
    • Crashes 41B
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    • Crashes 42 B
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    • Crashes 43B
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    • Crashes 46-47
    • Crashes 48-49
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  • AAF Convalescent Home
  • Air Corps News Letter (ACNL)
    • ACNL 1929
    • ACNL 1930
    • ACNL 1931
    • ACNL 1932
    • ACNL 1933
    • ACNL 1934
    • ACNL 1935
    • ACNL 1936
    • ACNL 1937
    • ACNL 1938
    • ACNL 1939
    • ACNL 1940
    • ACNL 1941
  • Commanding Officers
  • HempsteadPlains.com
  • Lancasters at Mitchel
  • Newspapers and Magazines
  • USO
  • Roosevelt Field
  • USO Jones Beach
  • USO Mitchel Field
  • USO Hempstead
  • Military Camps
  • Treason
  • AA & Ground Forces
  • Beneath the Shadow of Wings