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Notes for pages 33-34

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Le Journal. "Le raid hippique Paris-Cannes commencera le 5 janvier" ("The Paris-Cannes horse race will begin on January 5"), December 29, 1928, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Interview with Armand Massard.

Value of prizes

  • Federal Reserve Bulletin, October, 1939, p. 941: "Foreign Exchange Rates." (Via Fraser, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Annual exchange rates from 1929 to 1938; the franc remained at 3.9 cents U.S. throughout these years.

  • Monthly Labor Review, June, 1930, p. 205: "Wages in France in October, 1929." (Via Fraser, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Comparative figures for 1928 and 1929.

  • France in the Early Depression of the Thirties by Pierre Villa. Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales no. 1996-06, 40 pp. (via CEPII.fr). Work week in 1928.

    Billstedter Zeitung. "Eine unerschrockene deutsch Amazone" ("A fearless German amazon"), December 13, 1928, p. 5 (via Deutsches Zeitungsportal). Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeska sketch.

    Weisseritz-Zeitung. "Eine unerschrockene deutsch Amazone" ("A fearless German amazon"), December 24, 1928, p. 2 (via Deutsches Zeitungsportal). Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeska sketch.

    Le Petit Journal. "Un quart d'heure avec Mme von Kuchler-Jeska" ("A quarter-hour with Mme von Kuchler-Jeska"), January 2, 1929, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Interview with Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeska.

    L'Ami du Peuple du Soir. "Une émule allemande des Rachel Dorange et Mary Feraud nous appelle à son secours" ("A German counterpart to Rachel Dorange and Mary Feraud calls upon us for help"), December 24, 1928, p. 5. National Library of France (via RetroNews). Armand Masson acts on Sylvia's behalf.

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    La Wallonie. "Mme von Kuchler-Jeska est à Paris" ("Mme von Kuchler-Jeska is in Paris"), January 2, 1929, p. 3. KBR / Royal Library of Belgium (via BelgicaPress). "We remember that when she passed through Liège Mme Kuchler-Jeska stopped by the offices of La Wallonie."

    Photos of Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeska

    For sketches in Billstedter Zeitung and Weisseritz-Zeitung, see page 34 left column.

  • Les Derni├¿res Nouvelles. "Une amazone intré:pide" ("An intrepid amazon"), December 19, 1928, p. 1. KBR / Royal Library of Belgium (via BelgicaPress).

  • Der Landbote. "Fräulein Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeske unternimmt... einen Europaritt...." ("Fraulein Sylvia von Kuchler-Jeske is undertaking a tour of Europe...."), December 29, 1928, p. 5 (via Deutsches Zeitungsportal).

    December press release

    The press release of late December was printed by the following papers under various titles. All are from the National Library of France via either Gallica or RetroNews.

  • Le Figaro. December 28, 1928, p. 7 (Gallica)
  • Le Grand Écho du Nord. December 28, 1928, p. 1 (Gallica)
  • Le Petit Provençal. December 28, 1928, p. 6 (RetroNews)
  • L'Ouest-Eclair. December 28, 1928, p. 3 (Gallica)
  • La Liberté du Sud-Ouest. December 29, 1928, p. 1 (Gallica)
  • L'Écho du Nord. December 29, 1928, p. 4 (Gallica)
  • La Patrie. December 30, 1928, p. 4 (Gallica)
  • La Presse. December 30, 1930, p. 4 (Gallica)
  • Le Petit Provençal. December 30, 1928, p. 2 (RetroNews)

    L'Ami du Peuple. "Mme von Kuchler est en route vers Paris" ("Mme von Kuchler is on her way to Paris"), December 28, 1928, p. 5 National Library of France (via RetroNews). Friedenspalme runs away. Sylvia's itinerary.

    January press release

    Reporting Rachel's supposed welcome for Sylvia.

  • Le Petit Journal. January 1, 1929, p. 3 (RetroNews)
  • L'Écho d'Oran January 2, 1929, p. 4 (Gallica)
  • La Wallonie. January 2, 1929, p. 3 (BelgicaPress)

    Le Journal. "L'amazone allemande... est arrivée à Paris" ("The German amazon... has arrived in Paris), January 1, 1929, p. 4. National Library of France (via Gallica). Sylvia's welcome fiasco.

    Le Petit Journal. "Un quart d'heure avec Mme von Kuchler-Jeska" ("A quarter-hour with Mme von Kuchler-Jeska"), January 2, 1929, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Interview with Sylvia.

    Die Stunde. "Der Ritt ParisΓÇöCannes: Die zw├╢lf Amazonen unterwegs" ("The ParisΓÇôCannes ride: The twelve [sic] Amazons on the road") by E. Gerber, January 11, 1929, p. 5. National Library of Austria (via ANNO). Sylvia not competing.

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