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New York to Paris: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 8:24am.
February 12, 1908. Montague Roberts in Times Square driving the Thomas Flyer at the start of the New York to Paris automobile race 100 years ago today. Five months later the car rolled into Paree and won, with considerable drama along the way. There's an entertaining account of the competition in the New York Times, which sponsored the event a century ago. View full size. 5x7 glass negative by George Grantham Bain, whose photos illustrate the NYT article.
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New York to Paris
Submitted by Frame 30 on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 1:30pm.
The Great Leslie currently resides in Texas. Cheers. www.thegreatestautorace.com
Thomas Flyer
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 4:34pm.
The Thomas Flyer is on display at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.
The Great Race
Submitted by k2 on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 1:36pm.
Where's The Great Leslie? Professor Fate (and his faithful compendium, Max)? Inquiring girl reporter Maggie Dubois?
New York To Paris
Submitted by dave f on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 1:07am.
Have you ever noticed in many of these old photos of crowds or events that somewhere in the photo there is a cop, here he is right in the center.
100th Anniversary
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 4:09pm.
A group is setting out, today, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great Race by retracing the route. This time, they're employing state-of-the-art hybrid vehicles.
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