Paris-Vienne I, Paris à Belfort – La Vie au Grand Air – 1 July 1902
In the very early hours of 26th of June 1902, many thousand spectators gathered in Paris and Champigny to whitness the start of the 1902 Paris-Vienna Race, that was to last until 29th June. This issue of La Vie au Grand Air mentioned that even ten thousand spectators were on the road that night. Must […]
Après Paris-Vienne, Translation – La Vie au Grand Air – 19 July 1902
This last report by Georges Prade of La Vie au Grand Air on the 1902 Paris-Vienna race is this magazine’s summary. First, the so-called compartive race between rail-and-car is dicsussed. Most important feature of this Paris-Vienna race hiowever, is the fact that out of 137 cars, 80 could finish in Vienna; this was considered to […]
Après Paris-Vienne – La Vie au Grand Air – 19 July 1902
This last report of La Vie au Grand Air on the 1902 Paris-Vienna race is this magazine’s summary. First, the so-called compartive race between rail-and-car is dicsussed. Most important feature of this Paris-Vienna race hiowever, is the fact that out of 137 cars, 80 could finish in Vienna; this was considered to be a significant […]
Paris-Vienne II-3 – La Vie au Grand Air – 3 July 1902
The 3rd July 1902 issue of La Vie au Grand Air contains several horizontal oriented photos, thereby covering one whole page. For reasons of a better presentation on this website, the „horizontallys“ are shown here separately, although these belong to the same issue of the two previous articles. Here also is shown a two-page picture, […]
Paris-Vienne II-1 – La Vie au Grand Air – 3 July 1902
La Vie au Grand Air was known for their picture-rich articles on motor racing events. The 3rd July 1902 issue is almost completely adressed to the 1902 Paris – Vienna Race, enriched by many fotos. In this first part, the first five pages-with-fotos are shown, as well as the article main text. (Translation included). Text […]
Paris-Vienne II-2 – La Vie au Grand Air – 3 July 1902
La Vie au Grand Air was known for their picture-rich articles on motor racing events. The 3rd July 1902 issue is almost completely adressed to the 1902 Paris – Vienna Race, enriched by many fotos. In this second part, the last five pages-with-fotos are shown. (Translation included). Text et photographies avec l’autorisation de Bibliotheque national […]
Voitures Automobiles, Les Lauréats du Concours du „Petit Journal“, Translation – La Nature – 25 August 1894
In this second of two articles in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, the journalist E. Hospitalier describes the vehicles that won in one of the difference categories. There were the gasoline-powered Panhard-Levassors, the Peugeots. The gasoline-powered cars of Vacheron (the only with a steering wheel instead of a steering tiller) and […]
Voitures Automobiles, Les Lauréats du Concours du „Petit Journal“ – La Nature – 25 August 1894
In this second of two articles in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, the journalist E. Hospitalier describes the vehicles that won in one of the difference categories. There were the gasoline-powered Panhard-Levassors, the Peugeots. The gasoline-powered cars of Vacheron (the only with a steering wheel instead of a steering tiller) and […]
Voitures Automobiles, le Concours du „Petit Journal“ – La Nature – 28 July 1894
This article is the first of two in the scientific magazine La Nature on the 1894 Concours, as organized by the parisian magazine Le Petit Journal. The journalist E. Hospitallier describes several aspecst of this first ever concours. They are: organisation, prices to be awarded, schedules of preliminary trials. Then the different propulsion methods of […]
The Competition Organized by the Petit Journal – Scientific American – 6 October 1894
This Scientific American description, published a few months after the 1894 Paris-Rouen Trials, refers to a French article of E. Hospitalier in a July 1895 issue of „La Nature“. It shows a fine summary of some of the most signifcant carriages, of the trial. Text and fotos by courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA hathitrust.org, compiled by […]