Protos car
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Description
View of group of men posing with German Protos car. Handwritten on back: "Race around the world. Koeppen New York-Paris Race. Telegraphed ahead ahead 60 miles ... pilot to get him in that he would arrive from Council Bluff at given time. French had made it longer ahead of them across the Rockies by train. Italian only one made it on the tracks after arranging with the R.R. ... and Turkey at the ... in Omaha. First to Berlin but other ... got award from Maten. See Koeppens book ... got out and led horses past car ... Protoswagen. Frank ... from Omaha to Freemont as pilot seen on top of car. His mechanic on the wheel. Koeppen ... wire cable."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na002624
- Subject:
- Automobiles--Germany
- Great Race (1908)
- New York to Paris Race, 1908
- Baker, Aloha W., 1908-1996--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1907
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 5 x 6.75 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS33/Aloha Baker collection, Box 9, Folder 16, Europe, Photographs, Germany, 1929
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.