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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 Skating Fall

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

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

Date: 1920
Description: A man is towing a damaged automobile with an International Six-Speed Special truck. Original caption reads: "'Six speed special, 124" wheelbase, mounted on...
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High-Speed Prime Mover

Date: 1943
Description: A M-5 high-speed prime mover carries men through a field. The original caption reads: "The M-5 high-speed prime mover, designed and engineered by Internati...
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Dual Output Shaft Speed Reducer

Date: 08 22 1969
Description: Speed reducer that is a component of a paper mill drive. This product was purchased by Black Clawson-Kennedy Limited and used by Consolidated Bathurst Limi...
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Madison Speed Skaters Display New Uniforms

Date: 02 18 1956
Description: Members of the Madison Speed Skating club in their new Cardinal uniforms during a practice session at Vilas Park. The image shows 17 speed skaters posing i...
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International Harvester 656 Hydrostatic Tractor

Date: 05 25 1967
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 656 Hydrostatic Tractor with a speed-ratio control lever. According to a press release caption: "The tractor ca...
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International Speed Trucks Hauling Building Materials

Date: 1929
Description: An International Speed Truck hauls building materials while constructing walls surrounding Brandon Pool.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Two Speed Oil Tractor Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for IHC Type A and Type B two speed oil tractors.
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Speed Boats on Lake Geneva

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Description: Colorized postcard view across water towards two speed boats on Lake Geneva. The trees are in fall color along the shoreline. The name on the speedboats re...

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