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 […]
Les Premiers Pneus – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 June 1907
This article was published in 1907, in a theme issue of La Vie au Grand Air, just before the seond French Grand Prix in that same year. This was one of the points, remembering the first application of pneumatic tires on the 1895 Paris-Bordeaux trial. It gives more insight information of that premeire by the […]
The Paris-Bordeaux-Paris Race – Scientific American – 10 August 1895
This Scientific American description, published a few months after the Paris-Bordeaux Trials, refers to the French article in „La Nature“. It shows not only a fine summary of some of the most signifcant carriages, as well as the graphical representation of the complete two-days race. Text and fotos by courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA hathitrust.org, compiled […]