World History Moment: The Great Race (Feb. 12, 1908)
World History Moment: The Great Race (Feb. 12, 1908)
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Just over a century ago today the gentlemen of The Great Race were starting their engines in Times Square, preparing to set out on an around-the-world race from New York to Paris. Historian John Schmidt gives us a play by play of the automobile’s grand debut.
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