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North Cap. Tire shop, [Washington, D.C.]

North Cap. Tire shop, [Washington, D.C.]

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[Dog on spare tire of automobile, Washington, D.C.]

[Dog on spare tire of automobile, Washington, D.C.]

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Fisk Tire building. At dusk, first half of 20th century

Fisk Tire building. At dusk, first half of 20th century

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Winter scenes. Tire tracks in snow

Winter scenes. Tire tracks in snow

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Powerhouse, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Powerhouse, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocke...

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Negro field worker. Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. He has just made himself shoes out of that old tire

Negro field worker. Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. He has jus...

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Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank. The father is trying to repair a tire. Three children. Father says, "It's tough but life's tough anyway you take it"

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their ho...

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Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank. Father is trying to repair a tire. Three children. Father says, "It's tough, but life's tough anyway you take it"

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their ho...

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Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble. California

Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble. California

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Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for w...

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Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for w...

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Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

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Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for w...

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Tire shop. Washington, D.C.. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

Tire shop. Washington, D.C.. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

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Vice president muses on 69th birthday. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. Describing himself as "the spare tire of the Government", Vice President John N. Garner, reaching his 69th milestone today, blows smoke-rings and muses over the success he has attained in nearly a half-century of service as a lawmaker. No celebrations were planned for the Vice President's birthday. 11/22/37

Vice president muses on 69th birthday. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. Desc...

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Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Paul S. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today that while his firm recognized "outside unions" it kept an elaborate "company union" which is known as the "the industrial assembly", and it comprises an assembly and Senate, much as the state legislature. Acting in a capacity similar to a state Governor, the manager has power to disapprove assembly actions, he added

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Pau...

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Traffic paint undergoes rigid tests. Washington, D.C., April 16. At the U.S. Bureau of Standards, J.E. Keefauver of the Bureau has been running tests on the paint that is placed on safety zones and streets to determine which has the best wearing activity. The discs [?] are painted with the traffic paint the chain-driven wheel of eraser rubber (to imitate an auto tire) slowly wears the paint away. The brushes are to keep the disc and tire clean. These tests were made at the requests of the traffic bureaus, 4/16/1937

Traffic paint undergoes rigid tests. Washington, D.C., April 16. At th...

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Swing made of an old rubber tire. Gibbs City, Michigan

Swing made of an old rubber tire. Gibbs City, Michigan

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Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear on tires with this tire testing machine at the Bureau of Standards is W.D. ? hold, the machine simulates road tests traveling from 20 to 60 mph, the only difference is that the load on the tires is heavier than the normal weight of cars that the tires are made for ...

Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear ...

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Symbol of tire repair shop, Plentywood, Montana

Symbol of tire repair shop, Plentywood, Montana

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Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella Morgan, of Gadsen, Ala., told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today how she was discharged from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant in Gadsen. Ala., because she was active in the local union, she was given an "honorable discharge" and two weeks extra pay, she said. Because four other girls in the plant not in her Department, declared they would not work in the organization with her

Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella...

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Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear on tires with this tire testing machine at the Bureau of Standards is W.D. [?] hold, the machine simulates road tests traveling from 20 to 60 mph, the only difference is that the load on the tires is heavier than the normal weight of cars that the tires are made for [...]

Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear ...

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Tire rims at junkyard, Abbeville, Louisiana

Tire rims at junkyard, Abbeville, Louisiana

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Tire salesman showing wares to storekeeper, Caruthersville, Missouri

Tire salesman showing wares to storekeeper, Caruthersville, Missouri

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Old auto wheel and tire with front axle assemblies, near Abbeville, Louisiana, junkyard

Old auto wheel and tire with front axle assemblies, near Abbeville, Lo...

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A black and white photo of a person standing in the dirt, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a person standing in the dirt, Georgia. Far...

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Tire repairman, Waco, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Tire repairman, Waco, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph...

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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated ...

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Texas, during G...

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Tire on branch of tree near Harlingen, Texas

Tire on branch of tree near Harlingen, Texas

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A black and white photo of a group of men, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a group of men, Texas, during Great Depress...

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Farmers talking and looking at tire sale handbill, Weatherford, Texas

Farmers talking and looking at tire sale handbill, Weatherford, Texas

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Repairing tire on road near Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Repairing tire on road near Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississip...

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Rehabilitation borrower's shoes, made out of tire casings. Greene County, Georgia

Rehabilitation borrower's shoes, made out of tire casings. Greene Coun...

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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in shape. Santa Fe R.R.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated ...

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an old car, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an old car, Mississi...

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Repairing tire on road near Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Repairing tire on road near Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississip...

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Tire shop, San Angelo, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Tire shop, San Angelo, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograp...

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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa ...

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Detail of automobile of white migrant family with sack of salt on running board and leather-laced tire, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

Detail of automobile of white migrant family with sack of salt on runn...

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Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). First operation in the process of tire and wheel assembly. The workman shown above is putting the tube and flap inside the casing of the type of tire with which all Dodge Army trucks are equipped

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). First operation in the process of tire...

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Repairing tire of a truck carrying thirty-five migratory agricultural workers from North Carolina to pick beans near Easton, Maryland

Repairing tire of a truck carrying thirty-five migratory agricultural ...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Second operation in wheel and tire assembly, inserting the locking ring by means of which the tire is secured to the wheel

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Second operation in wheel and tire ass...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A couple of men working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A couple of men working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security...

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A couple of men working on a car, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men working on a car, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administrat...

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Mountaineer trying to change tire with a fence post as a jack. Up South fork of the Kentucky River. Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountaineer trying to change tire with a fence post as a jack. Up Sout...

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A black and white photo of a man working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people working on a tire. Pie To...

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Changing a tire at the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative service station. Phoenix, Arizona

Changing a tire at the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative serv...

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Merchant changing tire on his truck, Penasco, New Mexico

Merchant changing tire on his truck, Penasco, New Mexico

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Inflating a new tire for installation on car of member of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative. Phoenix, Arizona

Inflating a new tire for installation on car of member of the United P...

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A black and white photo of a man working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working on a tire. Pie Town, New Mexi...

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Mountaineer and Marion Post Wolcott changing a tire with a fence post as a jack. Up South Fork of the Kentucky River. Kentucky

Mountaineer and Marion Post Wolcott changing a tire with a fence post ...

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Mountaineer trying to change tire with a fence post as a jack. Up South fork of the Kentucky River. Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountaineer trying to change tire with a fence post as a jack. Up Sout...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of a barrage balloon. These workers are putting in the final pieces of equipment on a completed barrage balloon, just prior to its deflation, packing and shipping to an army air base. In the foreground is a balloon ready for test inflation with air which will also be inspected during inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's electric cutter--a speedup suggestion from one of the young workers--these workers slice through several thicknesses of rubber fabric as they cut the patterns for the strips and "gores" for making barrage balloons. Marked, cut, assembled and seamed on long tables, the strips are taken from the tables to the assembly floor to be fashioned into a gigantic gas balloon for the protection of our cities. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's elec...

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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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The tracks for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take shape on the "building wheel" of a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The tracks for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take shape on the ...

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Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

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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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Aircraft tire manufacture. This shot taken through a huge bomber tire shows an attractive rubber company employee with small airplane tire used on some military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. This shot taken through a huge bomber tire ...

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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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballonet type barrage balloon, these workers at the barrage plant are cementing, seaming and rolling reinforcing tape across points in the tail and fins where strain is greatest. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballone...

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Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draws the steam out of the airbag, opens the lid and ejects the tire from the tread pattern. Workers need to do nothing but pull out the finished tire and put in another uncured carcass. General Tires, Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draw...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Final patching and tying. Men in the foreground are rolling cemented patches into correct position on the outside walls of a barrage balloon, while their co-worker in the background is checking the wrapping of ropes in cloth to prevent any stray bristles from puncturing the rubberized fabric. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Final patching and tying. Men in the fore...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers are preparing a reinforced band which will be attached longitudinally around the barrage balloon. This band carries most of the rigging by which the balloon is controlled from the ground. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers a...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

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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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Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve of the tire, shaping and pressing on the new layer. This saucer is matched by another on the far side of the tire which works on the other side at the same time, assuring perfect balance of the finished tire. The saucers may be swiveled in every direction to press the tire at right angles or lightly at a tangent. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary knife removes the wire band portion of a scrap tire. The tire body is then ready to pass through various stages of the xylos reclamation process at a well-known rubber plant. The wire band portion, imcluding a very small amount of rubber, goes to a smelter for recovery of the metal

Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary ...

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The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribute the load and absorb shock through the springs on which they are mounted. The steel bases for these bogie wheels undergo inspection at a Midwest tire plant engaged in halftrac production. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribu...

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Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now ready for the addition of another bead before the final layers of fabric are added. The bead cover is shaped to the exact curvature of the tire, and fits its diameter perfectly. The bead is forced into position under pressure by the machine controlled with the worker's right hand. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now rea...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Assembling the balloon. These workers are ready to fasten one-half of a barrage balloon to the other half--the final major step in the assembly of the huge balloon. After this is done, all accessories, ropes and rigging will have to be added before the balloon can be tested, finally inspected, packed and shipped to Uncle Sam. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Assembling the balloon. These workers are...

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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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Tracks for Army vehicles, fresh from the curing press of a large Ohio tire plant. Grooves are buffed on the ends of the track section. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Tracks for Army vehicles, fresh from the curing press of a large Ohio ...

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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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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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Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large airplane tire prior to preparation for shipment. Stack of airplane tires for a famous American fighter are shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large ai...

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Putting tire into curing mold. From the vacuum expander, the potential new truck tire is taken to this "watch-case" curing mold in which it is baked under high heat and pressure for a long time. The exact time and temperature varies with the type and size of tire. The airbag inside the carcass is filled with live steam during this process so that heat is added from both inside and out. The mold contains the tread pattern, or design, as well as all markings which will appear on sidewall. Under this heat and pressure the rubber turns semi-liquid, and flows into every crevice, completely bonding the rubber processed fabric carcass to the cushion, the cushion to the tread. After this operation it is now one unit--a complete tire. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Putting tire into curing mold. From the vacuum expander, the potential...

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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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Barrage balloon manufacture. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing like race horses galloping down each side of a long strip of barrage balloon fabric, the worker with the scissors apparently finishing ahead of the fellow with the electric fabric cutter. Actually the scissors are not used for cutting, but for "touch up clipping" only, since the power cutter is so much faster. After these men have cut the patterns, the pieces are sent to "seamers" who assemble the individual pattern pieces into strips of "gores," which in turn are assembled into completed barrage balloons. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing l...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker is a fabric cementer busy applying a rigging patch to the side of a new barrage balloon. Although the fabric looks mussed at the moment, it will be stretched tight and smooth when the new piece of fabric is added. Seams are triple protected against leaks, folded over, cement-welded, taped on both sides with overlapping rubber adhesive tape. Such seams will never pull apart under pressure. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker...

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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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Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft is carefully balanced on a special machine to guarantee flawless performance in service. Inspector is making final check on airplane tires destined for military service. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft i...

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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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A huge and rapidly increasing supply of tracks for Army halftrac cars comes from one Ohio tire plant alone. Traveling chain hoists carry tracks from the curing press to trimming racks on which curing plates and overflowing edges of rubber are removed. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

A huge and rapidly increasing supply of tracks for Army halftrac cars ...

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Tracks for Army halftrac cars must undergo a careful inspection and be approved before they can be released from the production line of a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Tracks for Army halftrac cars must undergo a careful inspection and be...

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Mounting a wheel on a halftrac scout car is made as simple a job as possible. The soldier in the field won't have the uniform working conditions of the man on an Ohio assembly line, but the tire mounting job is the same. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Mounting a wheel on a halftrac scout car is made as simple a job as po...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard Swires instructs a worker at barrage balloon department in the technique of folding fabric patterns to make efficient use of all working space. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard S...

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Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on both surfaces which are to be fastened together, these workers assemble individual pattern pieces into strips or "gores" for barrage balloons being made for army balloon corps. By an ingenious arrangement of folds, strips nearly a hundred feet long can be handled by each worker on the table in front of him. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes ...

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