First American Automobile Race 1895 – hathitrust
„A pictorial history of the American automobile, as seen in Motor Magazine 1903-1953“, by Philip Van Doren Stern. This 1953 book explains a large part of the first fifty years American automotive history, covered in over just more than 250 pages. This part below deals with the 1895 November Times-Herald contest in Chicago. Text and […]
A Golden Anniversary 1895-1945 – hathitrust
„A pictorial history of the American automobile, as seen in Motor Magazine 1903-1953“, by Philip Van Doren Stern. This 1953 book explains a large part of the first fifty years American automotive history, covered in over just more than 250 pages. This part below deals with the 1895 November Times-Herald contest in Chicago. Text and […]
La Parigi-Madrid – La Stampa Sportiva – 7 June 1903
This 1903 Paris-Madrid report from La Stampa Sportiva, Italy, also shows warnings and even kind of rejection, when it starts with: „la data del 24 maggio rimarrà scritta a caratteri rossi e doppiamente funesta negli annali dello sport automobilistico.“ Meaning „the date of May 24 will remain written in red letters as a double tragic […]
Parigi-Madrid – L’Illustrazione Italiana – 31 Mai 1903
This 1903 Paris-Madrid report of the Italian magazine L’Illustrazione Italiana, shows comprehensive writing on this race, which even was called „Corsa-macello“! Everyone who’s been in Italy, after some time knows what to ask, when looking for a butcher: macelleria! The report ends with warning words, when saying: „…. sarà un terribile ammonimento per gli imprudenti, […]
Paris-Bordeaux-The Place and the Winners – Motor Age – 11 June 1903
This 1903 Paris-Madrid report of Motor Age, titled Paris-Bordeaux, really gives the effective route of that City-to-City race. It’s a very complete and extended report of that dramatic race, even summing up names of the deceased and of the wounded people. Means, you’re invited to a fairy long, but interesting read with many specifics. Text […]
Paris-Madrid – 2 – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 May 1903
La Vie au Grand Air was known for their picture-rich articles on motor racing events. The 29th May 1903 issue is almost completely adressed to the 1903 Paris – Madrid Race, enriched by many fotos. Now, in this Part 2, the last ten pages-with-fotos are shown. Allthough only foto captions and their translation, still some […]
Paris-Madrid – 1 – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 May 1903
La Vie au Grand Air was known for their picture-rich articles on motor racing events. The 29th May 1903 issue is almost completely adressed to the 1903 Paris – Madrid Race, enriched by many fotos. In this Part 1, the first five pages-with-fotos are shown, as well as the article main text; inclusive translation. Still, […]
Geschichte des Pneumatiks – Moderne illustrierte Zeitung – 1 August 1913
This is a technically interesting article in an Austrian magazine from 1913 on how Mr. Michelin came to his idea of a „pneumatic tire“. He used these in the 1895 Paris-Bordeaux race and he introduced later the demountable tire rims. The article further stresses out the extent of industrial backgound on tire production. Text and […]
Paris-Bordeaux-Paris – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 June 1907
This article appeared in the French Grand Prix theme issue of La Vie au Grand Air. Here, Mr. Fanor, one of the participants (and a winner) in the 1895 Course Paris-Bordeaux, shares his experience of that very race. From his story, I take it, that he was a realively young co-passenger in one of the […]
Course des Voitures Automobiles – La Nature -1 June 1895
This article is more a summary of many of the participating vehicles, as well of the race itself. It is also one of the first time, that a graphical represeantation of the entire race is given. From this, the speed that all contestants realised during those two, for ssome even three days, becomes accountable. Emille […]