New York to Paris Race
At the dawn of the 20th century, automobiles were an infant technology with none of the infrastructure we take for granted today. Most people in the world had not yet seen a car in person. The 1908 New York to Paris Race, won by the made-in-Buffalo Thomas Flyer, changed that.
From the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, The New York-Paris Race of 1908: Selected Sources in the Grosvenor Room.
Collection owner: Buffalo and Erie County Public Library