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Speed Boat

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Description: A speed boat on lake.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Speed Increaser for a Generator Drive

Date: 06 23 1971
Description: Speed increaser on the factory floor. This product was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption reads, "L...
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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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