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- Racing Suit Worn by Bob Summers While Winning New Land Speed Record, 1965 - Bob Summers of Ontario, California, wore this racing suit when he achieved a new wheel-driven land speed record of 409.277 miles per hour on November 12, 1965. Summers was in Goldenrod, the sleek four-engine car he built with his brother Bill. The Summers brothers' record stood until 1991.
- November 12, 1965
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Racing Suit Worn by Bob Summers While Winning New Land Speed Record, 1965
Bob Summers of Ontario, California, wore this racing suit when he achieved a new wheel-driven land speed record of 409.277 miles per hour on November 12, 1965. Summers was in Goldenrod, the sleek four-engine car he built with his brother Bill. The Summers brothers' record stood until 1991.
- Lincoln Beachey Stunt Flying over San Francisco, California, circa 1915 - Lincoln Beachey is remembered as America's first great stunt flyer. He perfected a series of aerobatic maneuvers -- including spins, dives, spirals, and loops -- and earned fame and fortune by staging heart-stopping exhibition flights for audiences across the country. Beachey died when the wings broke loose from his airplane during a stunt flight over San Francisco Bay in 1915.
- circa 1915
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Lincoln Beachey Stunt Flying over San Francisco, California, circa 1915
Lincoln Beachey is remembered as America's first great stunt flyer. He perfected a series of aerobatic maneuvers -- including spins, dives, spirals, and loops -- and earned fame and fortune by staging heart-stopping exhibition flights for audiences across the country. Beachey died when the wings broke loose from his airplane during a stunt flight over San Francisco Bay in 1915.
- Blouse, Worn by Kay Sempliner, circa 1962 -
- circa 1962
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Blouse, Worn by Kay Sempliner, circa 1962
- Evening Gown, Worn by Augusta Denton Roddis, circa 1932 -
- circa 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Evening Gown, Worn by Augusta Denton Roddis, circa 1932
- Evening Dress, Worn by Augusta Denton Roddis at Her Junior Prom, 1932 -
- April 15, 1932
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Evening Dress, Worn by Augusta Denton Roddis at Her Junior Prom, 1932
- Infant's Dress, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Infant's Dress, circa 1910
- Clip-On Bow Tie, Worn by John "Jack" Krygier to His Wedding at the Martha-Mary Chapel in 1973 -
- 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Clip-On Bow Tie, Worn by John "Jack" Krygier to His Wedding at the Martha-Mary Chapel in 1973
- Barack Obama Presidential Campaign T-Shirt, 2011 -
- 2011
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Barack Obama Presidential Campaign T-Shirt, 2011
- Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954 -
- 1955
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Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954
- "R.S. Bailey's New Combination System for Cutting Ladies' and Children's Waists, Basques, Sacques and Patterns," 1888 -
- 1888
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"R.S. Bailey's New Combination System for Cutting Ladies' and Children's Waists, Basques, Sacques and Patterns," 1888