1908 New York to Paris Race
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The 1908 New York to Paris Race was an automobile competition consisting of drivers attempting to travel from New York to Paris. This was a considerable challenge given the state of automobile technol
Cars lined up for the start: De Dion-Bouton (in front), Protos, Motobloc
De Dion-Bouton car at Utica
The Sizaire-Naudin of Pons, Deschamps and Berlhe
Germans in Protos car 1908 New York to Paris Race
Peking to Paris
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The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking, then Qing China and Paris, France, a distance of 14,994 kilometres.
1908 New York to Paris Race
…infrastructure at the time. Only three of six contestants completed the course. The winner was the American team, driving a 1907 Thomas Flyer. In 1907 the Peking to Paris automobile race had inspired an even bolder test of these new machines. The following year the course would be from New York City, US, to Paris, France…
Hazards of the road: Borghese & Barzini's Itala having fallen through a bridge
The Itala being pulled across unnavigable terrain
The sculpture of Borghese's Itala in Kirov, Russia