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- Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, 1966 - Fifteen-year-old Ken Miller of Hartley, Texas, read about the Summers brothers and their 1965 record-setting land speed race car Goldenrod in <EM>Hot Rod</EM> magazine. Miller was so inspired that he hand carved this model, without power tools, from a pine 2x4. Miller did all the work himself using only magazine photos and written descriptions for reference.
- 1966
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Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, 1966
Fifteen-year-old Ken Miller of Hartley, Texas, read about the Summers brothers and their 1965 record-setting land speed race car Goldenrod in Hot Rod magazine. Miller was so inspired that he hand carved this model, without power tools, from a pine 2x4. Miller did all the work himself using only magazine photos and written descriptions for reference.
- Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, 1963-1964 - Brothers Bob and Bill Summers of Ontario, California, set a new land speed record for a wheel-driven car with Goldenrod, their streamlined racer. The bullet-like vehicle, powered by four Chrysler "Hemi" V-8 engines, averaged 409.277 miles per hour in its November 1965 run. Goldenrod's achievement resonated with purists who thought that jet-powered land speed racers weren't true cars.
- 1963-1964
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Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, 1963-1964
Brothers Bob and Bill Summers of Ontario, California, set a new land speed record for a wheel-driven car with Goldenrod, their streamlined racer. The bullet-like vehicle, powered by four Chrysler "Hemi" V-8 engines, averaged 409.277 miles per hour in its November 1965 run. Goldenrod's achievement resonated with purists who thought that jet-powered land speed racers weren't true cars.
- Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, circa 1965 - Bob and Bill Summers set the pattern for wheel-driven land speed record cars -- in a jet-powered era -- with Goldenrod. The car's streamlined shape benefited from wind tunnel tests with a wood model at the California Institute of Technology. Goldenrod set a record of 409.277 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. That record stood until 1991.
- circa 1965
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Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, circa 1965
Bob and Bill Summers set the pattern for wheel-driven land speed record cars -- in a jet-powered era -- with Goldenrod. The car's streamlined shape benefited from wind tunnel tests with a wood model at the California Institute of Technology. Goldenrod set a record of 409.277 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. That record stood until 1991.
- Racing Helmet Worn by Bob Summers While Winning New Land Speed Record, 1965 - Bob Summers of Ontario, California, wore this helmet 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 Helmet Worn by Bob Summers While Winning New Land Speed Record, 1965
Bob Summers of Ontario, California, wore this helmet 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.
- 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.
- Letter from H.O. Smith to Henry Ford regarding Ford's Land Speed Record, 1904 - Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour, on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair near Detroit, on January 12, 1904. Following his feat, Ford received this letter from H.O. Smith, president of the G&J Tire Company of Indianapolis, congratulating him on the record.
- January 13, 1904
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Letter from H.O. Smith to Henry Ford regarding Ford's Land Speed Record, 1904
Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour, on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair near Detroit, on January 12, 1904. Following his feat, Ford received this letter from H.O. Smith, president of the G&J Tire Company of Indianapolis, congratulating him on the record.
- Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964 -
- October 01, 1964
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Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964
- Shirt Made for Bill Summers, Commemorating Land Speed Record Set by Goldenrod, circa 1965 - This shirt was made for Bill Summers who, with his brother Bob, built Goldenrod. The bullet-like car set a new wheel-driven land speed record of 409.277 miles per hour in November 1965. Personalized shirts like this were often worn by racing car crew members in the 1960s.
- November 12, 1965
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Shirt Made for Bill Summers, Commemorating Land Speed Record Set by Goldenrod, circa 1965
This shirt was made for Bill Summers who, with his brother Bob, built Goldenrod. The bullet-like car set a new wheel-driven land speed record of 409.277 miles per hour in November 1965. Personalized shirts like this were often worn by racing car crew members in the 1960s.
- 1965 Goldenrod Land Speed Race Car - On November 12, 1965, Goldenrod streaked across Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats at 409.277 miles per hour, setting a new land speed record for wheel-driven cars. Builders Bob and Bill Summers powered Goldenrod with four massive Chrysler V-8 engines. Although other car builders copied its sleek design, Goldenrod held the record until 1991.
- November 12, 1965
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1965 Goldenrod Land Speed Race Car
On November 12, 1965, Goldenrod streaked across Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats at 409.277 miles per hour, setting a new land speed record for wheel-driven cars. Builders Bob and Bill Summers powered Goldenrod with four massive Chrysler V-8 engines. Although other car builders copied its sleek design, Goldenrod held the record until 1991.
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Jazzola" / "Frenchie Come to Yankee Land," 1919 - Jazz was new in the 1910s -- a musical sound different than anything before. Early jazz songs like this one attempted to explain what jazz was all about: "Nobody knows its origination. Jazzola. It's just a dance full of syncopation, and if you crave a new sensation..."
- April 03, 1919
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Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Jazzola" / "Frenchie Come to Yankee Land," 1919
Jazz was new in the 1910s -- a musical sound different than anything before. Early jazz songs like this one attempted to explain what jazz was all about: "Nobody knows its origination. Jazzola. It's just a dance full of syncopation, and if you crave a new sensation..."