The race of the century-1895 Chicago

From: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Scott, Cord | Copyright information

The twenty-eighth of November 1895 was the worst possible day for an automobile race. On this Thanksgiving Day the city of Chicago had been hit with an early season blizzard and the roads were covered in snow and slush, and the "motocycle" (as the automobile was popularly called at the time) was considered by the city's newspapers to be nothing more than an aberration. It was predicted to be a passing fad, unlike the other new form of transportation, the bicycle. However, the automobile race ...

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