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1. Manufacturing synthetic rubber at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Manufacturing synthetic rubber at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Machinery; Artificial rubber industry A worker works on pulling synthetic rubber at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron Ohio in 1941. The process for creating synthetic rubber includes mixing chemicals including sulfur which is...
2. Piles of scrap rubber at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's factory Piles of scrap rubber at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's factory Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Tires; Tire industry "Portion of the vast reservoir of scrap rubber available for reclaiming or regenerating by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company at its Akron factories. More than seven acres of space are devoted to its huge...
3. Bales of crude rubber at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Bales of crude rubber at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Employees; Warehouses "Crude rubber is received in bales, boxed or wrapped with burlap, weighing 250 pounds each. It is stored in warehoused at the manufacturing plant. Here is shown the Firestone rubber warehouse at its Akron...
4. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company worker adds chemicals to the synthetic rubber making process Firestone Tire and Rubber Company worker adds chemicals to the synthetic rubber making process Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Employees; Artificial rubber industry A worker adds chemicals during the process of creating synthetic rubber at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron Ohio in 1941.
5. Rubber gas tanks being fitted into an Army Otter Rubber gas tanks being fitted into an Army Otter Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Armies; Armored vessels; Armored vehicles; Armored vehicle industry "Rubber gas tanks are going into the Army's new Otter, and amphibian cargo tractor. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron makes the rubber gas tanks developed for use in World War II aircraft. The tanks...
6. Production machine for Chemigum at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Production machine for Chemigum at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber industry; Machinery; Employees; Artificial rubber industry "Here is the first batch of Chemigum (synthetic rubber) rolling from the intricate maze of reactors and tanks in the new government-sponsored addition to the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's plant in Akron....
7. Cord fabric after being gum dipped at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Cord fabric after being gum dipped at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Machinery "The cord fabric in wide strips, after being dipped in pure liquid rubber, a patented Firestone process known as Gum Dipping, is passed between rolls on huge machines known as calendars. Here the gum dipped...
8. Nonunion Firestone Tire and Rubber Company workers walking through the picket lines Nonunion Firestone Tire and Rubber Company workers walking through the picket lines Labor leaders; Labor unions; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Strikes; Employees; Employee rights; Labor unions; United Rubber Workers of America United Rubber Workers Vice President Joe Calamia, with cigar, leads nonunion employees out of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's factory in Akron, Ohio. Some of the nonunion workers included office...
9. Inflatable dummy of a Bofors Inflatable dummy of a Bofors Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; World War II "From this point it is quite certain that the Bofors above will never inflict serious damage upon the enemy--but from 1000 feet or more an enemy observer could not spot it as a dummy target. One of the...
10. Tire coming out of a jacket mold at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Tire coming out of a jacket mold at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Tire industry; Tires; Rubber; Rubber industry; Machinery A worker pulls out a tire from a jacket mold at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio in 1941.
11. Uncured tire going into a mold at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Uncured tire going into a mold at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Tire industry; Tires; Machinery "Uncured 'green' tire goes into a mold at the Firestone Tire & Rubber plant in Akron, comes out a whitewall ready for you 1957 auto. The tire is shaped and cured i a single automatic operation. Firestone...
12. Mold for making new larger tire at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Mold for making new larger tire at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Tire industry; Tires; Machinery This machine is the mold for creating new larger tires from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio.
13. Worker works at a machine to make tire tubes at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Worker works at a machine to make tire tubes at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber; Rubber industry; Tire industry; Tires; Machinery "Automobile tubes are built by extruding specially compounded rubber through a die which gives them definite dimensions and makes them seamless." -- photo caption.
14. Production of balloons during World War II at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Production of balloons during World War II at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; World War II; Balloons; Rubber; Rubber industry Anti-aircraft balloons produced and stored at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's warehouse in Akron Ohio in 1942. Note: original photograph is a reversed print.
15. Decoy landing craft by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Decoy landing craft by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Landing craft; World War II; Rubber "Afloat, the inflated LCT provided complete deception as indicated in this closeup photograph. Thus, a package of 'rubber' scaks and shopes constructed in Goodyear's balloon room at Akron, Ohio, when assembled...
16. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's closed doors in 1978 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's closed doors in 1978 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Clock towers; Buildings; Factories; Rubber industry The facade and clock tower of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio in 1978.
17. Pickets jam the gate to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Pickets jam the gate to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Strikes; Pickets; Strikes; Crowds; Employees; Rubber industry; Labor unions "As the workers of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. attempted to report for work to-day, they were met by a blockade, formed by union pickets. Meanwhile 41,000 workers remained away from work." -- photo...
18. Picketers stand outside the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1936 Picketers stand outside the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1936 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Employees; Employee rights; Labor unions; Strikes; Rubber industry Workers of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company strike outside the factory in Goodyear Heights, Akron wanting better hours and less layoffs in 1936.
19. Aerial view of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's factory Aerial view of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's factory Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Factories; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Buildings; Rubber industry An aerial view of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's factory in Goodyear Heights Akron in 1931.
20. Rubber worker being arrested during a strike at Goodyear, 1938 Rubber worker being arrested during a strike at Goodyear, 1938 Strikes; Working class; Employees; Employee rights; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Labor unions; Rubber industry "Bystanders support a young woman clubbed in a bitter battle between a small army of police and union strike sympathizers at Plant One of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co." -- photo caption.
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