New York - Paris race: Godard in moto-bloc, New York – Vintage Wall Art
(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 race: Godard in moto-bloc, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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New York - Paris race: Godard in moto-bloc, New York
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This picture shows Godard at the wheel of a Motobloc, one of the French entries in the 1908 New York to Paris automobile race. The contest began in February 1908 and sent six cars on an overland route across North America, Siberia and Europe, with no paved roads for much of the way and few maps to guide the drivers. Newspapers on both continents followed it closely as a test of endurance and of automobile reliability. The Bain News Service, which made this glass negative, supplied photographs of such events to newspapers, so the image captures the public excitement of the start in New York. The caption data is unverified, so the exact moment and location are best read from the title alone.
| 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 | 5,760 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1362 |
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