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Picture No 11803374
Date 1900
Description Finish of the Thousand Miles Trial in 1900
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The finish of the Thousand Miles Trial which ended on 12 May 1900 in Whitehall, London. The first car in the row is a 12 h.p. Panhard driven by Charles Rolls who is seated at the wheel. Behind is the first Napier with its owner, Edward Kennard. The trial took these primitive, early vehicles on a 1,108 mile route from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall via Bristol, Birmingham, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham.
Source Unattributed photograph from 1900 reproduced in 'The Tatler', 16 October 1957
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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