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- People Seated at Table in a Tearoom, circa 1930 - One dining option for early motorist was local tearooms. These establishments provided a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows a group of diners at a tearoom in Florida.
- circa 1930
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People Seated at Table in a Tearoom, circa 1930
One dining option for early motorist was local tearooms. These establishments provided a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows a group of diners at a tearoom in Florida.
- Radiation Inc. Coder-Multiplexer, Airborne Type AKT-6, circa 1951 - Telemetry systems collect and display instrument information from remote and often hazardous locations. Rocketry, underwater exploration, and tracking of wild animals are just some of the fields that depend upon radio telemetry. These particular units were used to collect data during Operation Teapot, a series of nuclear detonation tests undertaken by the United States in 1955 in Nevada.
- 1951
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Radiation Inc. Coder-Multiplexer, Airborne Type AKT-6, circa 1951
Telemetry systems collect and display instrument information from remote and often hazardous locations. Rocketry, underwater exploration, and tracking of wild animals are just some of the fields that depend upon radio telemetry. These particular units were used to collect data during Operation Teapot, a series of nuclear detonation tests undertaken by the United States in 1955 in Nevada.
- Letter from William Jennings Bryan to Dr. Frederick Lynch, 1917 -
- March 22, 1917
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Letter from William Jennings Bryan to Dr. Frederick Lynch, 1917
- Letter from Harvey S. Firestone to Clara Ford, March 18, 1931 -
- March 18, 1931
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Letter from Harvey S. Firestone to Clara Ford, March 18, 1931
- "Commuter Vehicles Inc. Specifications & Answers to Questions," 1982 - This brochure from 1982 provided specifications and answers to questions about the electric Comuta-Car. Sharp increases in gasoline prices in the 1970s persuaded some buyers to purchase small vehicles from Commuter Vehicles, Inc. But every time the price of fuel spiked, it always fell again, and demand for electrics-- designed for limited use in cities--always fell along with it.
- 1982
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"Commuter Vehicles Inc. Specifications & Answers to Questions," 1982
This brochure from 1982 provided specifications and answers to questions about the electric Comuta-Car. Sharp increases in gasoline prices in the 1970s persuaded some buyers to purchase small vehicles from Commuter Vehicles, Inc. But every time the price of fuel spiked, it always fell again, and demand for electrics-- designed for limited use in cities--always fell along with it.
- Domino's Pizza Delivery Car Sign, circa 1985 -
- circa 1985
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Domino's Pizza Delivery Car Sign, circa 1985
- "Sight Seeing Trailer Train, St. Augustine, Florida," circa 1950 - St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
- circa 1950
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"Sight Seeing Trailer Train, St. Augustine, Florida," circa 1950
St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
- Seminole Doll, 1920-1940 -
- 1920-1940
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Seminole Doll, 1920-1940
- Barney Oldfield in "Lightning Benz" next to Ralph DePalma in a Fiat, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 16, 1910 - On March 16, 1910, Barney Oldfield sped down the ocean-washed sands at Daytona Beach, Florida. Piloting the "Lightning Benz," Oldfield topped 131 miles per hour to set a new one-mile world's speed record -- exceeding the previous mark of 127.6 mph. A week later, Oldfield broke the two-mile and one-kilometer speed records in the same vehicle.
- March 16, 1910
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Barney Oldfield in "Lightning Benz" next to Ralph DePalma in a Fiat, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 16, 1910
On March 16, 1910, Barney Oldfield sped down the ocean-washed sands at Daytona Beach, Florida. Piloting the "Lightning Benz," Oldfield topped 131 miles per hour to set a new one-mile world's speed record -- exceeding the previous mark of 127.6 mph. A week later, Oldfield broke the two-mile and one-kilometer speed records in the same vehicle.
- Tumbler, 1957-1969 -
- 1957-1969
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Tumbler, 1957-1969