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Speed Boat

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Description: A speed boat on lake.
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Illustration of Film, Light and Shutter Speed

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Description: Illustration showing the relationship of film speed, shutter speed, and aperture in photography.
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Speed Skating Fall

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Description: Three young speed skaters take a fall while racing.
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Railroad Speed Recorder

Date: 03 05 1939
Description: George Jung, a Milwaukee Road speed recorder, comparing speed tapes from locomotives with master tapes covering the same division. The scale of the tapes i...
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Speed Skater Takes a Fall

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Description: A Speed skater in competition falling onto the ice.
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International Six Speed Special Being Serviced

Date: 02 24 1929
Description: View of an International Six Speed Special truck in the shop with the front end suspended by chains.
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Highway Speed Limit Sign

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: A highway speed limit sign on Olin Avenue in Madison displays the urban speed limit of 25 miles per hour prior to leaving the Madison city limits.
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Speed Increasers

Date: 07 16 1968
Description: Special speed increasers that were purchased and used by The Boeing Corporations Vertol Division. Falk caption reads, "Test stand drives for helicopter com...
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Advertising Poster International Six Speed Special Trucks

Date: 02 05 1929
Description: Poster advertising the features of the International Six Speed Special, Special Delivery truck. Includes illustrations of the body and chassis, as well as ...
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Special Speed Increasers

Date: 07 16 1968
Description: Two speed increasers that were purchased and used by The Boeing Corporation/Vertol Division. Falk caption reads, "Test stand drives for helicopter componen...
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International Six Speed Special Truck in Shop

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: International Six Speed Special truck with the front end raised in the shop to reveal the underbody.
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Speed Skater Posing with Trophy

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Description: Juvenile girls speed skater, Louise Jerome from Superior, Wisconsin, posing with a trophy.
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High Speed Gear Unit

Date: 07 25 1969
Description: High speed gear unit that acts as a component in a gas turbine test-stand drive. This product was purchased and used by the Allison Division of the General...
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Special Speed Increaser

Date: 06 23 1971
Description: This speed increaser, a component of a generator drive, was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption read...
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Large Speed Increaser

Date: 06 23 1971
Description: Special speed increaser on the factory floor. This product was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption r...
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Special Speed Reducers

Date: 09 10 1969
Description: Special dual output shaft speed reducers that were purchased by the Edge Wallboard Machinery Company and used by the Abitibi Carolina Corporation. Falk cap...
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Speed Skaters

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 23 children and teen city speed skating champions for 1959.
Poster

International Six-Speed Special Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for the International Six Speed Special motor trucks featuring color illustration. Includes the text "built to meet every rural hauling ...
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Speed Skaters Posing with Trophy

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Description: Junior Girls Speed Skaters Co-Champs, Andrea Melin, of Superior, Wisconsin, and Linda Schubert, of West Allis, posing together with their trophy.
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Dual Path Speed Increaser

Date: 02 08 1973
Description: Two female employees, Virginia Breest on the left and Shirley Gunn on the right, attend to the speed increaser that is a later component of a jet engine co...

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