1908 Grand Prix de Paris

ID: 455 ~ Source: http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40451992d ~ Creator: Press Photographer, 1908. ~ Date: Grand Prix de Paris, 1908
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1908 Grand Prix de Paris

Grand Prix de Paris, match between Major Marshall Taylor and Edmond Jacquelin, first round of the cycling competition.

Image credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, EST EI-13 (14)

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By Kaelynn Hayes
The open air cycling track, or velodrome, before you is named for Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor. In 1899, Taylor, a renowned cyclist and world record holder from Indianapolis, became the second African American world champion athlete. Celebrated…