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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 3, 1964 reads, "Norman Thatcher, Van Nuys, became the first person to break the 200-mile-per-hour barrier for production stock-bodied sedans hitting 205.55 miles per hour."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 19 cm. Photographic prints
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