La Première Course – Paris-Rouen, 1894 – La Vie au Grand Air – 29 June 1907
This article appeared in the 1907 French Grand Prix theme issue of La Vie au Grand Air. Here, Pierre Giffard (yes indeed, the one and only) the originator and organisor of the first ever course with the horselesses. He describes the 1894 Paris-Rouen; how he’s has got to the idea; how the organisation was and […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile, Translation – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 6 July 1901
This second article in Le Sport Universel Illustré on the Paris-Berlin race begins with the notice, that the French government has banned open road races from then on, because of safety concerns. This was not all too wrong, as even in this race, a young boy was killed, despite the „abundance of precautions“ that were […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 6 July 1901
This second article in Le Sport Universel Illustré on the Paris-Berlin race begins with the notice, that the French government has banned open road races from then on, because of safety concerns. This was not all too wrong, as even in this race, a young boy was killed, despite the „abundance of precautions“ that were […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile, Translation – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 29 June 1901
The French magazine Le Sport Universel Illustré mostly covered hippic. Since the coming of the „sans-chevaux“, more and more was written on vehicle events such as trials and City-to-City races over open roads. So, as with the 1901 Paris-Berlin race, consistting of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter of course dealing with the shortest […]
Paris-Berlin-Automobile – Le Sport Universel Illustré – 29 June 1901
The French magazine Le Sport Universel Illustré mostly covered hippic. Since the coming of the „sans-chevaux“, more and more was written on vehicle events such as trials and City-to-City races over open roads. So, as with the 1901 Paris-Berlin race, consistting of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter of course dealing with the shortest […]
La Course Paris-Berlin, Translation – L’Illustration – 6 July 1901
The magazine L’Illustration brought reports of very different events all over the world. This Paris-Berlin account was written by Abeniacar. Henri and Charles Abeniacar were two Italian brothers who worked for and cooperated with the L’Illustration magazine. This report not only summarizes the race, its progress and results, as well as some organisational procedures. Text […]
Paris-Berlin Motor Carriage Race – Scientific American – 27 July 1901
The Scientific American published a report on the Paris-Berlin race some three weeks later than the French L’Illustration, applying several pen paintings of the French partner. A very extensive list of the finishing cars and drivers, as well as a comprehensive race report are given here. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled […]
La Course automobile de Paris-Berlin – La Vie Illustrée – 28 June 1901
The French magazine La Vie Illustrée mostly covered interesting and important events. So was an event with cars and their corresponding speeds, in those days important ehough to be published. Here, kind of introduction is given on one of the City-to-City races: the Paris-Berlin race. It consisted of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter […]
La Course automobile de Paris-Berlin, Transation – La Vie Illustrée – 28 June 1901
The French magazine La Vie Illustrée mostly covered interesting and important events. So was an event with cars and their corresponding speeds, in those days important ehough to be published. Here, kind of introduction is given on one of the City-to-City races: the Paris-Berlin race. It consisted of two classes: „Touristes“ and „Vitesse“. The latter […]
Die Fernfahrt Paris-Wien, Translation – Automobil-Zeitung – 26 June 1902
Part of the 1902 Paris-Vienna Race ran through Austria. Here’s the Austrian magazine „Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung“ with several issues, dedicating to that very race. In this first of some more articles, not only the results, but also the second placed Count Zborowski in a Mercedes. Text and jpegs by courtesy of Österreichische Nationalbibliothek – Austrian National […]