On February 12th, 1908, 250,000 people descended upon Times Square to witness the start of what would become known simply as “The Great Race.” Six cars containing seventeen men representing four countries began a race in New York City with their sites set on the finish line at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. It was called “the most fantastic, grueling, strenuous test ever devised for man and machine.” The planned route would take them west across the United States to Seattle. From there they would ship the cars to Valdez, Alaska, cross what they hoped would be a frozen Bering Strait, and continue on through Siberia to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and finally, to Paris… read more >
Expo 67: Canada Arrives With Thelonious Monk, Jefferson Airplane, The Supremes, and Harry Belafonte
Held across the spring, summer, and autumn of 1967, Expo 67 – or, to give it its full name, The 1967 International And Universal Exposition
