Museums and Publications
Updated March 25, 2008

The Great Auto Race
The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and the LA MATIN (a Paris newspaper). The torturous NY to Paris Race route: NYC, Albany, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Valdez Alaska, Japan, Vladivostok, Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin and finally Paris. The Thomas Flyer Team covered three continents and over 22,000 miles in 169 days.

The Race was ultimately won by the American Thomas Flyer driven by George Schuster Sr. of Buffalo, NY. The feat has never been equaled. They still hold the world record nearly 100 years later!

Graycliff Manor
Situated on a 70-foot cliff overlooking Lake Erie, Graycliff stands as an architectural jewel awaiting your discovery. Built between 1926 and 1927, Graycliff was designed by the renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Isabelle R. Martin and her husband, Larkin Company executive Darwin D. Martin. Set on a scenic 8.4 acre estate, the two-story, 6,500 square-foot house served as the Martins' summer home from 1928 to the mid-1940's.

Darwin D. Martin House

The Nethercutt Collection
The Nethercutt Collection is a world-class 60,000 sq ft treasure house of prize winning automobiles, automobilia, mechanical musical instruments and antique furniture. The heart of the "Functional Fine Art" collection contains over 200 meticulously restored American and European automobiles dating from 1898-1982.

National Motorcycle Museum
The National Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, Inc. is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization located in Anamos, Iowa and was founded in 1988. The organization was formed to promote the motorcycling industry and to preserve its history

Pierce Arrow Society

Other Links

Erie County

City of Buffalo

Buffalo-Niagara Conventions and Visitors Bureau

Knoer Crawford & Bender

WNYCarClubs.com

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