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  • February 12, 1908:  The Day the Great Race Began

    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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A carefree drive into the sunset with the wind in your hair, on wide, flat, and straight highway, may still be someone’s dream. But, today when you take your eyes off the road, trouble may be what you find. Don’t look for trouble, read about the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the postcards that show the “romance of the road.”

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