New York - Paris - Lelouvier and driver – Historic Print
(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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New York - Paris - Lelouvier and driver comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York - Paris - Lelouvier and driver
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Few pictures in the Bain collection pair a place name as directly as this one does, with "New York" and "Paris" joined by the name Lelouvier and the word "driver." That pairing points to the 1908 New York to Paris automobile race, which left Times Square in February of that year and sent a handful of cars on a long overland route through North America, Asia and Europe. The title comes from caption data the Bain News Service recorded without verification, so Lelouvier's identity and his role in the event remain open questions. The picture still shows the early motoring era, when long-distance endurance runs drew large crowds and wide newspaper coverage.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,772 × 4,266 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1358 |
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