January 14, 2025
Tag: Great Race 1908
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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 31, 2024 5 Comments
The purpose of a group photo is often to commemorate an occasion. They are often forgotten within minutes, but there are few things more interesting when they are discovered years later. We look for ourselves and then for our friends. Then we ask, “Who’s that?”