2 1904 COLOR illustrated newspapers Very Early AUTOMOBILE RACE FRENCH AUTO WINS

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2 1904 COLOR illustrated newspapers Very Early AUTOMOBILE RACE  FRENCH AUTO WINS
- inv # 1B-213
SEE PHOTO----- Two (2) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL illustrated 8-page supplements to a French newspaper,
Le Petite Journal
(Paris, France) dated June 26 and July 3, 1904. Page size is 17" x 12".
These COLOR illustrated newspapers color covers with engravings of the
1904 Gordon-Bennett Automobile race through Germany. This very early automobile race was won by
Léon Théry
driving a
Richard-Brasier
and representing France in a time of five hours and 50 minutes.
Great contemporary images of a very very early AUTOMOBILE RACE, the GODON BENNETT CUP  !!
The 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup, formally titled the V Coupe Internationale, was a motor race held on 17 June 1904 on the Homberg Circuit in Germany. The race consisted of four laps of the circuit to make the total distance 79.465 miles. A German entry had won the
previous year's edition of the race
, which meant that the rights to host the race fell to the
Automobilclub von Deutschland
(AvD). Germany were to attempt to defend the Gordon Bennett Cup against France, Great Britain, Austria and Italy, and each country was represented by three entries, with the car that finished the race in the shortest time winning the race on behalf of his country.
The race was won by
Léon Théry
driving a
Richard-Brasier
and representing France in a time of five hours and 50 minutes.
Camille Jenatzy
driving a Mercedes and representing Germany finished in second place and
Henri Rougier
driving a
Turcat-Méry
and representing France finished in third place.
Richard-Brasier was the successor of the early French automobile maker
Georges Richard
from 1902. The firm made large chain-driven cars.
Léon Théry
drove the cars to victory in the
Gordon Bennett Cup
races in 1904 and 1905. Georges Richard left the firm in 1905 to found a new firm,
Unic
, and the marque became plain
Brasier
.
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