Monday, April 23, 2018

Bugattis on the beach, 1929

According to the caption of the book I found this in, this delightful photo by Jacques-Henri Lartigue was supposedly taken at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans in August of 1929, but as far as I know the racetrack at Lemans was nowhere near the ocean. Anyways, a nice shot of a child at the beach.
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4 comments:

  1. Grey StarrApril 24, 2018 at 6:19 PM

    Are you sure that's a beach? I thought that was a wall behind the car.

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  2. Mister GApril 24, 2018 at 6:35 PM

    Y'know, I wondered the same but before I posted, I asked my kid and he agreed with me- beach- and that's a cargo ship on the horizon in line with the cars. Interesting that you introduce the wall idea again. Now it's all back in question. It's supposed to be a pic of the French Grand Prix at LeMans but where are the crowds?

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  3. nibblerAugust 27, 2023 at 4:16 PM

    Photo was taken at the beach resort of La Baule in Brittany. They held races on the beach.

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  4. Mister GAugust 27, 2023 at 7:36 PM

    Thank you!

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