December 14, 2025
Tag: E. R. Thomas Motor Company
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February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began
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The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…
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October 27, 2022 4 Comments
Postcard collectors have cards that remind them of other personal treasures. This is such a story. For 41 years a very special painting hung on the walls of a London flat. Then a few months ago a postcard was discovered in California that reminded the picture’s owner of the treasure he was forced to sell when he moved halfway around the world.