July 27, 2024
Tag: New York to Paris driving record
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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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From the Stork Club to Café Society
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New York City was the undisputed leader of world-wide night life from the end of Prohibition into the 1960s. In countless nightclubs revelers could eat and drink to their hearts’ content.
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March 21, 2023 8 Comments
Advertising postcards is a phase of the hobby that for many is the most fun – simply because they bring back memories of products and events that haven’t been remembered for years, maybe decades. For sure, after seeing an advertising card, you have said to yourself, “I remember Mom always had a jar of this in the kitchen.” Or, “Hey, I remember Dad cut our grass with a mower like that!”