Catalog Level
Issues (Object Groupings)
Title Proper/Title Text
Le Petit Journal: 28 Mai - 15 Juin 1911
Related Protagonists
Date of Publication/Creation Date
Maj, 28 1911
Pages
2 pages
Inscription Language
French (Language)
Descriptive Note Text
Le Petit Journal was one of the major French dailies, published from 1863 to 1944. At the end of the nineteeth century, its circulation reached two million copies, making it the world's largest newspaper in the world. This issue advertised the airplane competition from Paris, France to Rome and Turin, Italy, in celebration of the 1911 Exposition. The Grand Prize amounted to 500,000 francs (about 180,000 Euros or $200,000).
Current Repository/Geographic Location
Biblioteca Civica Centrale Torino (Turin, Italy)
Current Repository Numbers
BCT-NP-LPJO-0002 (original inventory code: 270203)
Credit Line
Le Petit Journal: 28 Mai - 15 Juin 1911, Torino 1911. Torino, Biblioteca Civica Centrale.
Permission by Città di Torino - Biblioteca Civica Centrale.