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World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-1940. The 1939-1940 World's Fair was themed "The World of Tomorrow" and featured pavilions and exhibit... More

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Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Staff of Firestone Balloon plant showing nurse Bay type these balloons passed 100% perfect the first production. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloon...

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Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Top view of the kite balloon. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloon...

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Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Rear end view of French kite balloon showing right and left lobes. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloon...

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Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse type balloon, first one manufactured by this plant, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse t...

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Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse type balloon, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse t...

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Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloons for war service. French type kite balloon showing riggen band equipment and bell scoop. Lt. Steptaw and Lt. Chase the government representatives at this plant. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloon...

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Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse type balloons manufactured at this plant, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse t...

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Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse type balloon, first one manufactured by Ohio Company, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - R - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Nurse t...

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Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloons for war service. Top and end view of nurse type balloons, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant, Akron, O

Balloons - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. - Activity in producing balloon...

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Firestone 3000 mile tires - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone 3000 mile tires - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone near cabin, Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone near c...

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Harding at Firestone Edison Camp [...]

Harding at Firestone Edison Camp [...]

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[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, and others] Dinner at Firestone camp

[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, and others] Dinner at Firestone camp

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvy Firestone and group near cabin, Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvy Firestone and group ...

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Firestone & Henry Ford [...] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Firestone & Henry Ford [...] - Public domain photograph, glass negativ...

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Group at Firestone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Group at Firestone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

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[Thomas Edison,Warren Harding and others seated at table. Firestone camp]

[Thomas Edison,Warren Harding and others seated at table. Firestone ca...

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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Harding at Firestone [Edison Camp]

Harding at Firestone [Edison Camp]

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison,Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison,Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone. Firest...

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Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

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Firestone Edison Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Bishop Anderson, Firestone, Harding, [...]

Bishop Anderson, Firestone, Harding, [...]

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Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Claxton, Miss Butterfield, & Firestone

Claxton, Miss Butterfield, & Firestone

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[Thomas Edison. Firestone camp]

[Thomas Edison. Firestone camp]

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Ford & Firestone peeling potaotes

Ford & Firestone peeling potaotes

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[Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone assisting two chefs by peeling potatos at a Ford-Edison camping trip]

[Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone assisting two chefs by peeling potato...

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Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and others] Firestone camp

[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and others] Firestone camp

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Firestone & Ford - Public domain image related to music prformance, photograph

Firestone & Ford - Public domain image related to music prformance, ph...

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

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H.S. Firestone, 2/24/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

H.S. Firestone, 2/24/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keeper William Blackburn makes friends with two young chimpanzees; recently arrived at the Washington Zoo. The chimps are six months old and were presented by George Siebold of Rockville, Md., now manager of a firestone plantation in Liberia

New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keepe...

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the docks with unidentified individuals]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the doc...

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Firestone receives plaque

Firestone receives plaque

Photograph shows Pete De Paolo presenting Harvey Firestone with a plaque from the Drivers Association in Indianapolis; fellow racecar drivers and crowd observe. CH506043"S".

[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, standing]

[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, stan...

J10717 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by "Gravelle, P.N.S." "#3"- - lower right corner. No. 47905.

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night I

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night I

The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-1940. The 1939-1940 World's Fair was themed "The World of Tomorrow" and featured pavilions and exhibit... More

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding an uninterrupted supply of cord to the machine from an emergency spool at the worker's feet. Meantime he searches through the maze of cords to find the one which has broken, to make his splice, and to resume the supply from the regular spool. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding ...

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Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant at a large Midwest xylos process plant checks temperature on a continuous belt dryer which removes every trace of water. Recovery of rubber from old casings is based on dissolving and washing away all tire fibers and processing the resultant rubber material. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant a...

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Headed for last cleanup. Six giant truck tires, of the non-directional type are being wheeled in for cleaning and painting. This pattern, developed for the U.S. Army in 1941 is used for field equipment....gives excellent traction in forward or reverse because of the horizontal cleats, yet rides well on the highway on the continuous center rib. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Headed for last cleanup. Six giant truck tires, of the non-directional...

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Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even when you see the tire-wrapping machine in operation, it is difficult to understand how it works....spinning a strand of paper around a tire as fast as the operator can feed them in. All the operator need do is place the tire in position; the machine does the rest. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even ...

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Removing cured tube from mold. As the tire molds are all-automatic, so are the tube molds. This one has just opened; all the operator need do is remove the finished tube and put in another raw one. Note the seam marks in the mold itself, which leave their imprint on the tube. Thus a seamless tube may appear to have a collection of many sections. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Removing cured tube from mold. As the tire molds are all-automatic, so...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Rubber reclamation. Science guides rubber reclamation. Skilled chemists at a Midwest xylos process plant test every batch of rubber recovered from scrap to ensure removal of all traces of fabric, metal and other foreign matter. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Science guides rubber reclamation. Skilled chemist...

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The art of mixing and milling requires skillful judgement and deftness of hand. Part of the secret of these tires lies in the careful training and supervision of these skilled workers. Rubber is flopped and turned over and over again, slashed and bunched in some sports, permitted to run thin in others. Although not sticky to the hand, the rubber instantly bonds to itself when loose end are brought together. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

The art of mixing and milling requires skillful judgement and deftness...

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Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks are placed in this vacuum machine in which two things happen. First a combination vacuum suction and squeezing action pulls the tire into the shape it will always have in use. Second, an airbag is forced into the inside to provide inside strength for the curing step. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks ar...

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Replenishing gum rubber for tire cords. A new supply of gum for the fabric is being carried to the calendaring machine by this worker. After having been milled originally by processes previously described, the moment of impregnation by auxiliary mills alongside the calendaring machine. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Replenishing gum rubber for tire cords. A new supply of gum for the fa...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dried scrap rubber is plasticized on the eighty-four-inch mill roll of a xylos process plant in the Midwest. Pigments are added to give the properties desired in the finished product. As it comes off the mill rolls, the reclaimed substance has regained the appearance of new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dri...

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Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is going on for the tire we have followed through the plant, it is also going on simultaneously for hundreds of other tires in production. This view shows one corridor in the curing room where fifty tires are being cured at once. Additional molds flank this group on both sides of long corridor such as this one. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is go...

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Rubber reclamation. Discarded rubber awaiting reclamation. Huge piles of salvaged material feed a big Midwest rubber plant, one of many working on our most important reclamation jobs. In the making of many essential products, reclamation stock is preferred to pure new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Discarded rubber awaiting reclamation. Huge piles ...

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Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mold is closed by pushing a button, which starts several operations. First the airbag is filled with live steam which circulates during the entire process; next an automatic timer sets itself for the proper length of time and temperature; next pressure is exerted to squeeze the tire into the mold pattern. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mo...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor to the calendaring machine two stories below. As may be seen from this picture, the cords are gathered in four banks at this point, but join together in a solid mass by the time they reach the rubber-impregnating calendaring machine. Another set of four banks of cords also issue from the creel room carrying heavier weight cord stock for truck tire use. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor ...

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Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central wash tanks of a large Midwest plant employing the xylos process, agitated water removes dirt, treated fiber and excess fiber solvent. This operation follows removal of bead portions from scrap casings, breaking of casings into small pieces and dissolving of fiber in caustic soda. The resultant phases of rubber are then pumped to dewatering sources. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central w...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Centering fabric on the drum. The fabric layer is slipped onto the drum, layer upon layer, by the use of a rod forced between the last layer applied and the one being applied while the wheel is spinning. This rod stretches the new fabric sufficiently to permit the loop to fit snugly in place--clear on the carcass. After the fabric is in approximate position, the tire builder checks it for accuracy by stopping the wheel, bending the overhanging edges over to see that they each overhang the same distance. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Centering fabric on the drum. The fabric layer is slipped onto the dru...

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Shaping the tire with "saucers." Spinning discs which are delicately controlled by movable arms smooth out each layer of fabric as it is added to the growing carcass, and curves around the sidewall and bead with considerable pressure. In the center foreground, one of these saucers may be seen as this tire builder maneuvers it around the sharp corner of the tire drum. In the right foreground two others pull across from the center to the edges to smooth out each layer. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Shaping the tire with "saucers." Spinning discs which are delicately c...

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Marking point for the valve stem. These tires are so perfectly balanced that the weight of the valve stem is allowed and provided for. This woman attaches a label to the tire at the point where the valve stem should be placed. Balancing a tire was once considered unneccessary, until it was demonstrated that out-of-balance tires cause wheel shimmy, excessive wear and many other tire evils. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Marking point for the valve stem. These tires are so perfectly balance...

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Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained by dissolving and washing away all fibrous materials, passes through a steaming operation. It will then go through the drying, refining and other xylos processes at a big Midwest plant that is recovering large quantities for war essentials. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained...

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As the steel rollers revolve, the worker slashes out a section of a size easy to handle and rolls it into an armful. He holds his razor tightly against the drum until the proper amount has rolled up, then makes a quick, diagonal slash across the drum, cutting this piece away from the milling roll, and carries it away to a nearby truck. Usually there are about a half-dozen arm-sized rolls of prepared rubber in each completed batch. They are cut away in succession until all have been used up. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

As the steel rollers revolve, the worker slashes out a section of a si...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric by the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

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Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other tire workers to the next step in the milling process. In this instance, the batch goes from the mill room to the calendaring machine, where it will become a part of the cord fabric. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other t...

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The guillotine. Having slid down the trough on the lower left, the bale of raw rubber is now being squeezed against the knife blades on the left under terrific pressure. These blades fan out into eight selections, cut the rubber into eights like an orange divides into sections. General Tires (Firestone), Akron, Ohio

The guillotine. Having slid down the trough on the lower left, the bal...

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Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rubber is forced through this machine and out the opening at the end, which allows an even flow of rubber to make a seamless rubber tube. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rub...

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Removing the finished tire from the tire drum. The inner drum shoes are unlocked after the tire is loosened; They are removed, leaving the tire free to slide right off. Then they are replaced and the next tire is started. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Removing the finished tire from the tire drum. The inner drum shoes ar...

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Lunch on the job. Lunchtime in the creel room does not release workers from watching the flow of the cord. Whereas there is not often an emergency break, someone must be on hand in case the emergency should arise. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Lunch on the job. Lunchtime in the creel room does not release workers...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds back down into the sidewall of the finished tire for added strength. Passenger tires are normally supplied with only one wire bead, but truck tires usually have two or more, depending upon the size, weight and number of plies. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds ...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Sealing and shaping the bead. Each new bead must be sealed into position by this forming tool as well as by use of the solvent-cement compound. Every tire built is the personal achievement of the expert tire builder. Building a larger size truck tire often consumes a full day's work! Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Sealing and shaping the bead. Each new bead must be sealed into positi...

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Rubber reclamation. Old tires transformed. A stockpile of reclaimed rubber in a big Midwest recovery plant employing the xylos process. The thick, heavy sheets are ready for processing into essential products not requiring virgin rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Old tires transformed. A stockpile of reclaimed ru...

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Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for a few moments or a few days, wrapped in cloth to prevent it from sticking to itself when rolled up. These reels are brought from storage to machines such as this, in which the fabric is out on a powered bias cutter to exact length for one ply of a tire. This worker is making a layer of two plies, with the cords running at right angles, one laid on top of the other. This layer will later be used by a tire builder in building up the plies of his tire to the required number. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos process of reclaiming scrap in a Midwest plant, rubber is forced through a screen by a large worn screw, and bits of metal and fiber are removed. Ropy lengths of rubber, ready for the final refining operation, are extruded. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos pr...

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Milling fabric stock. The batch nears completion. Smoothly mixed, the batch of rubber has lost all streaks and patterns and has become a solid mass of thoroughly integrated rubber stock. The rubber shown in this picture is quite soft and sticky, characteristic of the gum rubber which is used to impregnate cord fabric. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Milling fabric stock. The batch nears completion. Smoothly mixed, the ...

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Shaping the sidewall. Moistening the bead area with a special rubber solvent and cement, the tire builder makes ready to force the overhanging edges down and around to the bead where it will first be anchored, then trimmed. The wheel spins and stops by foot control, leaving both hands free for work upon the tire itself. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Shaping the sidewall. Moistening the bead area with a special rubber s...

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Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a layer of fabric onto the tire drum. The layer is made with the seam cut on the bias so that there will be no straight-across strain on the tire seams. The layer fits tightly, and each successive layer is banded to the preceding one by applied pressure. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a laye...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the form of small pieces, passes over dewatering screens after it leaves the wash tanks. The pieces are secured by dissolving the fabric from gold casings cut into small sections after renewal of bead portions. The process, known as the xylos process, is employed in a large Midwest rubber plant. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the for...

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Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled away to the vacuum expanding machines, or to storage until these machine operators are ready for it. Since the rubber throughout the carcass is not yet cured, the tire is still somewhat soft and squashy. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled awa...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

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Storage racks for unshaped carcasses. Awaiting the shaping machine, these "finished" carcasses are hung on opened racks, on which they slide easily on and off. Although these carcasses do not look much like tires, they are only two steps away from final completion. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Storage racks for unshaped carcasses. Awaiting the shaping machine, th...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber "mush" from old tires. Softened rubber material, reclaimed from scrap tires by dissolving and washing away the fiber, passes from dewatering screens to storage bins. The rubber, still hot from steam used in previous operations, is kept moving into a squeezing device before proceeding to the drying and other operations of the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "mush" from old tires. Softened rubber mate...

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View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into this creel room, from which they are woven into tire fabric. Each spool is connected by a complicated pulley arrangement to the bank of cords seen in the center of the picture and travels overhead to reach that bank. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into t...

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Adding valve patch and stamping. As the endless tube passes by, the proper length of each tube is automatically crimped into the edge, and serves as a guide for placing the valve patch and stamping the trade name. This tire worker operates both sides of this machine....places the patch into position before it reaches the pressure rollers, and stamps the name just after it leaves the rollers. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Adding valve patch and stamping. As the endless tube passes by, the pr...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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