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New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Man walking in front of automobile on snow-covered plains] – Vintage Wall Art

New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Man walking in front of automobile on snow-covered plains], [1908?] — historic photograph
New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Man walking in front of automobile on snow-covered plains], [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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Step back in time with New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Man walking in front of automobile on snow-covered plains], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Man walking in front of automobile on snow-covered plains]

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Few early motoring events drew as much attention as the New York-to-Paris race, which left Times Square in February 1908 with six cars. This scene shows a man walking ahead of an automobile across a wide, snow-covered expanse, a reminder that much of the route crossed open country with few or no roads. The American entry, the Thomas Flyer, went on to win after crossing the continent and Siberia, reaching Paris in late July. The 1908 date on the caption card is marked as uncertain, so the scene may come from one of the winter stretches of the course.

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 × 1,078 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142541

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