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New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile stuck in snow] – Antique Print

New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile stuck in snow], [1908?] — historic photograph
New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile stuck in snow], [1908?]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile stuck in snow], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A car stranded in deep snow captures one of the hazards of the New York-to-Paris automobile race of 1908, when a small field of early touring cars set out in winter weather. The race left New York in February and crossed the American interior before continuing overseas, so teams often had to dig, haul, and improvise when roads disappeared. The American entry, the Thomas Flyer, went on to win, but photographs like this one show how much of the effort went into simply keeping the machines moving. The date on the caption card is uncertain, so the picture is best read as a period image of the race's harsh conditions.

Created / published[1908?]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Spooner and Wells, Inc. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Flags--U.S.--1908?; Automobile racing; Winter scenes; Snow; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142539

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