Britons Broadside the Brickyard

The Indianapolis 500 is the ultimate American race gathering and social blowout, always has been, but the English have had a major presence in its running almost from the start. I initially reported here that the first Brit in the race was Italian-born Dario Resta, who won in 1916 after making an initial appearance the […]

Greyhound’s GMCs in Chicago

A recent perusing of the ATHS Forums’ popular What Am I section turned up the above shot of one of 60 so-called “trailer coaches” that Greyhound fielded for the 1933-1934 Chicago Century of Progress World’s Fair, courtesy the New York Public Library’s collection. We immediately thought of searching through the University of Illinois’s photo archives, […]