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Tire retreading. When new plies and rubber are set in place, they are vulcanized right into the tires, forming a part of them. "Cured," which means baked in an oven such as this, this tire emerges ready for long, hard wear almost as strong as a new tire

Tire retreading. When new plies and rubber are set in place, they are ...

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Tire on a car in a parking lot is marked with name of its owner to deter thieves

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Tire on a car in a parking lot is marked with...

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Tire retreading. "Cured," which means baking in an oven such as this, this tire emerges ready for long, hard wear almost as strong as a new tire

Tire retreading. "Cured," which means baking in an oven such as this, ...

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

Washington D.C. Changing a tire

Washington D.C. Changing a tire

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Tire retreading. Huge stacks of tires like this, awaiting recapping, are not extraordinary these days as motorists rush to make their tires stand up as long as possible

Tire retreading. Huge stacks of tires like this, awaiting recapping, a...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North American B-25 before it moves to the final assembly line

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North Ame...

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Tire retreading. "Cured," which means baking in an oven such as this, this tire emerges ready for long, hard wear almost as strong as a new tire

Tire retreading. "Cured," which means baking in an oven such as this, ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. A wheelwright in a Southern wagon plant operates a machine to insert bolts in the felly, or outer wooden rim of the wheel, prior to the fitting of the metal tire

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. A wheelwright in a S...

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Production. P-51 ("Mustang) fighter planes. Two employees at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, test the balance of a mounted tire for a P-51 fighter. In the background are tires for B-25 bombers. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 ("Mustang) fighter planes. Two employees at North Ame...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery; is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The mold containing the tank has been lowered into the vulcanizing unit and the huge cover is being lowered into position before the heat is turned on

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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

I'll carry mine. Delivery vans, 1942 style, line up outside a Greenbelt, Maryland, grocery store awaiting customers. Tire scarcity and gasoline rationing have placed such service at a premium, and these youngsters who are using their express wagons to carry home Mrs. America's purchases are doing their country a real service

I'll carry mine. Delivery vans, 1942 style, line up outside a Greenbel...

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Washington, D.C. Changing a tire

Washington, D.C. Changing a tire

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Retreading tires

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Retreading tires

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Washington D.C. Changing a tire

Washington D.C. Changing a tire

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save lives on the battlefronts was pointed up dramatically by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who with six members of his crew were rescued after three weeks adrift on life rafts in the Pacific. "One tire that is not wasted on pleasure driving may save the lives of seven men as ours was saved," Rickenbacker said. One old rubber tire is sufficient to make a three-man raft of the type that saved the party in the Pacific

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save li...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Brushing on rubber cement to make recap secure before vulcanizing

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Brushing on rubber cement to m...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of bullet-sealing gasoline tanks, eight-foot high bomber tires and huge 3,600-pound earth mover tires. This unit at a large Eastern tire plant is the largest of its kind in the world. It must be thoroughly and constantly inspected as it is in frequent service on war production. Here the inspector is checking the steam and pressure fittings. The mold, when open, stands more than two-and-a-half stories high and weighs over 300,000 pounds. Firestone

Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of...

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Tire retreading. The first step in the recapping process is one of inspection, with skilled workers checking over the side and body fabric of the tire for breaks. The life of this tire may be increased as much as eighty-five percent

Tire retreading. The first step in the recapping process is one of ins...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Bending out walls of a tire to inspect it before retreading

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Bending out walls of a tire to...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Tire retreading. Uncured rubber tread stock of the same quality as that used in first-line tires is cemented into place before the tires are placed in molds for curing

Tire retreading. Uncured rubber tread stock of the same quality as tha...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Retreading tires

Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Retreading tires

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Inspecting the casing of a tire prior to vulcanizing tear

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Inspecting the casing of a tir...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel tire to the wagon wheel assembly in the plant of a Southern wagon company which is experiencing a business boom because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel ti...

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Tire retreading. Uncured rubber tread stock of the same quality as that used in first-line tires is cemented into place before the tires are placed in molds for curing

Tire retreading. Uncured rubber tread stock of the same quality as tha...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Mending a tear in the lining of a tire

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Mending a tear in the lining o...

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Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these newly recapped tires will be soon shipped out to perform new duty. Recapped in a large Eastern plant, they will deliver as much as eighty-five percent the normal wear of new tires

Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these ne...

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Production. P-51 ("Mustang) fighter planes. Two employees at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, test the balance of a mounted tire for a P-51 fighter. In the background are tires for B-25 bombers. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 ("Mustang) fighter planes. Two employees at North Ame...

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

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four inches tall, looks small indeed as he uses air pressure to clean the lid of the world's largest vulcanizing unit in an Eastern tire plant. The top section of this mold being prepared to vulcanize a large bullet-sealing gasoline tank, weighs sixteen tons and can also be used to vulcanize tires over ten feet in diameter

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four in...

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

A black and white photo of two men holding a tire. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men holding a tire. Office of War Infor...

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

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Inspecting the casing of a tire prior to vulcanizing tear

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Inspecting the casing of a tir...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tire retreading. When new plies and rubber are set in place, they are vulcanized right into the tires, forming a part of them. "Cured," which means baked in an oven such as this, this tire emerges ready for long, hard wear almost as strong as a new tire

Tire retreading. When new plies and rubber are set in place, they are ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Washington, D.C. Tire moulds which are handmade and cost hundreds of dollars and tires with recaps glued in place

Washington, D.C. Tire moulds which are handmade and cost hundreds of d...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Not for your car, but for a much more vital machine: this tire is destined for use on a thirty-seven-millimeter gun mount, now being assembled in a factory which once produced locks and safes for civilian use. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Not for your car, but for a much mo...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Tire in patch vulcanizing mould

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Tire in patch vulcanizing moul...

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Tire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready to be recapped. This worker at a large Eastern plant specializing in recapping is covering the buffed surface with rubber cement

Tire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Tire made entirely of reclaimed rubber. F.S. Carpenter, of the United States Company, displays an automobile tire made entirely of reclaimed rubber to William M. Jeffers, War Production Board (WPB) director

Tire made entirely of reclaimed rubber. F.S. Carpenter, of the United ...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Bending out walls of a tire to inspect it before retreading

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Bending out walls of a tire to...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Tire retreading. Ready to be processed for reuse. Here is a truckload of tires arriving at an Eastern plant for recapping

Tire retreading. Ready to be processed for reuse. Here is a truckload ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive. Standing, is shown presenting the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson, Joseph H. Kautsky, Dodge Plant Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, James A. Merrill, research chemist with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio; Edwin C. Tracy, field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Clinton R. Hanna, research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, and Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture Company

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Washington, D.C. Tire retreading shop

Washington, D.C. Tire retreading shop

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the school library, supervised by principal M.C. Demmy. At right is the town librarian, Mrs. Searle

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the school libra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation, Georgia Avenue

Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation, Georgia Avenue

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Giant tire manufacturer. Here a workman is drawing off steam from U.S. Army truck tires just removed from vulcanizing units at a large Eastern rubber plant. Once the steam is released from the air bags inside the tires, the tires will be moved on to the final inspection department before being shipped to the armed forces

Giant tire manufacturer. Here a workman is drawing off steam from U.S....

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Production. War housing trailers. Tires for war housing trailers do multiple duty. These 150 prize "shoes" have been returned from war housing areas after removal from trailers delivered from the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. They will be used in further deliveries of new trailers. Every tire is registered, and returns are checked against deliveries

Production. War housing trailers. Tires for war housing trailers do mu...

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Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, this mechanic in a large Western plant makes a final check on a landing gear hydraulic system. That big round object in the foreground is a rubber tire. Remember?

Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, t...

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Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation on Georgia Avenue

Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation on Georgia Avenue

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Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty every car owner owes to himself and to our fighting men. In having his car adjusted to prevent excessive tire wear--and in observing the simple rules that make tires last longer--he is making a valuable contribution to our war effort. The man who wastes rubber is a poor citizen and blind even to his own personal interests

Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty...

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Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. A worker at a Southern wagon plant is shown here shaping a steel tire to be fitted on the felly, or outer wooden wheel rim, of the wagon wheel

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. A worker at a Southe...

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New York, New York. Mr. Fing, a Chinese-American merchant, and his wife in their Flatbush home. Notice the rubber tire ashtrays

New York, New York. Mr. Fing, a Chinese-American merchant, and his wif...

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Tire retreading. The final step in the recapping process is the trimming off and cleaning of the small, extruding particles of rubber and the painting of the tire

Tire retreading. The final step in the recapping process is the trimmi...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Make your scrap tires save lives. Slacker. The approximately ten pounds of rubber in this old tire should be helping the war effort. If the casing is still usable it should be on a car in active service. If it cannot be reconditioned it should be turned in at a local salvage center for forwarding to a rubber reclamation plant. The rubber in this tire is about equal in weight to the rubber used in making a three-men aviation life raft

Make your scrap tires save lives. Slacker. The approximately ten pound...

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

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing the lining of a tire before vulcanizing on a patch

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing the lining of a tire b...

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Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, is shown at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the G...

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Tire retreading. The first step in the recapping process is one of inspection, with skilled workers checking over the side and body fabric of the tire for breaks. The life of this tire may be increased as much as eighty-five percent

Tire retreading. The first step in the recapping process is one of ins...

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A woman sitting on top of a tire. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman sitting on top of a tire. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Photographed by Martha McMillan, Howard R. Hollem, Albert Freeman or Howard Liberman. Title and other information from print in lot and lot cat... More

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the library of the schoolhouse, supervised by principal M.C. Demmy. Mr. Demmy is signing the papers of O.K. Bushong, the express agent

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Tire registration took place in the library of t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the plant, he is reminded of his tire situation

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the p...

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Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these newly recapped tires will be soon shipped out to perform new duty. Recapped in a large Eastern plant, they will deliver as much as eighty-five percent the normal wear of new tires

Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these ne...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Production. Wagon wheels. Wagon wheels in the making. Workers in a Southern wagon plant countersinking steel tire which has been attached to wheel assembly. Wagon wheel making is having a boom business because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Wagon wheels in the making. Workers in a Sou...

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Giant tire manufacturer. This bomber tire has just been removed from a mold and is on its way to final inspection, where it will be thoroughly checked before becoming a part of Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Airplane tire production is going forward twenty- four hours a day, seven days a week in this large Eastern plant in an all-out effort to "Keep 'em flying"

Giant tire manufacturer. This bomber tire has just been removed from a...

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Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel tire to the wagon wheel assembly in the plant of a Southern wagon company which is experiencing a business boom because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel ti...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to right; Stanley Crawford, certificate winner, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; James Merrill, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation of Rockford, Illinois; Joseph H. Kautsky, Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB); Madison E. Butler, citation winner, of Strongberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, Rochester, New York; and Herbert A. James, certificate winner, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to ...

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Tire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready to be recapped. This worker at a large Eastern plant specializing in recapping is covering the buffed surface with rubber cement

Tire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready ...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

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New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Marine transport workers in the fleet force are the most expert of tire changers. This man, in training at the New River, North Carolina base, takes them all ways: big ones, little ones, any way they come. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Marine transp...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. But the company is worried about Don's transportation, too, and the transportation of thousands upon thousands of people in the same predicament. In the plant's sign shop, painters prepare eye-catching posters urging tire conservation

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. But the company is worried about Don's t...

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[People in three different occupations walking (marching) on the flags of Germany and Japan. The first three people are a grocer, a housewife carrying an American flag, and service station attendant carrying a tire. To inspire folks on the homefront.] [Luther Horney]

[People in three different occupations walking (marching) on the flags...

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Giant tire manufacturer. A steady stream of large, rugged tires for Uncle Sam's fighting forces, like those above, is now in mass production at this large Eastern plant. Here workmen are shifting newly vulcanized tires to conveyor lines that will take them to final inspection department. They are then shipped to the fighting forces to help build the ever-increasing number of mobile and mechanized units in America's hard-striking war machine

Giant tire manufacturer. A steady stream of large, rugged tires for Un...

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Tire retreading. The final step in the recapping process is the trimming off and cleaning of the small, extruding particles of rubber and the painting of the tire

Tire retreading. The final step in the recapping process is the trimmi...

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Montgomery County, Maryland. Tire of farmer's car

Montgomery County, Maryland. Tire of farmer's car

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Spreading a tire to inspect its walls to decide whether it can be retreaded

Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Spreading a tire to inspect its...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing off old tread to make a smooth bed for recap

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing off old tread to make ...

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Tire retreading. Ready to be processed for reuse. Here is a truckload of tires arriving at an Eastern plant for recapping

Tire retreading. Ready to be processed for reuse. Here is a truckload ...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Spreading a tire to inspect its walls to decide whether it can be retreaded

Washington, D.C. Washington tire shop. Spreading a tire to inspect its...

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New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. When a leatherneck gets a tommy gun lined up, something is due to be hit. Bulwarked by a spare tire, this capable member of a Marine Corps truck convoy goes in for a little practice with a submachine gun as his column halts on a training cruise near New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. When a leatherneck get...

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Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel tire to the wagon wheel assembly in the plant of a Southern wagon company which is experiencing a business boom because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel ti...

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Washington, D.C. A close-up view of a tire on a commerical truck

Washington, D.C. A close-up view of a tire on a commerical truck

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Kearney, Nebraska. Farm boy with flat tire, which happened while he was bringing a load of scrap iron to town

Kearney, Nebraska. Farm boy with flat tire, which happened while he wa...

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Washington D.C. Changing a tire at a service station

Washington D.C. Changing a tire at a service station

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a B-25 bomber before it moves to the final assembly line of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A huge rubber tire is mount...

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New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Marine transport workers in the fleet force are the most expert of tire changers. This man, in training at the New River, North Carolina base, takes them all ways: big ones, little ones, any way they come. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Marine transp...

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Washington, D.C. Tire with recap glued in place, ready to go in vulcanizing mould in tire retreading shop

Washington, D.C. Tire with recap glued in place, ready to go in vulcan...

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Tire retreading. His face protected from flying rubber dust, this worker at a large recap plant in the east is buffing off the remains of the old tread before the actual recapping process gets under way

Tire retreading. His face protected from flying rubber dust, this work...

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A black and white photo of a store front, Hollywood, California. Tire service station

A black and white photo of a store front, Hollywood, California. Tire ...

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Williston, North Dakota. Inspecting used tire for sale (eight dollars and fifty cents) in grocery store

Williston, North Dakota. Inspecting used tire for sale (eight dollars ...

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Wahington, D.C. Washington tire store. Gluing the recap on a tire

Wahington, D.C. Washington tire store. Gluing the recap on a tire

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Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four inches tall, looks small indeed as he uses air pressure to clean the lid of the world's largest vulcanizing unit at a large Eastern tire plant. The top section of this mold, now being prepared to vulcanize a large bullet-sealing gasoline tank, weighs sixteen tons and can also be used to vulcanize tires ten feet in diameter

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four in...

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Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H. Case and his hired hand fix flat tractor tire

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

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Washington D.C. Congested parking downtown after both tire and gas rationing had been put into force

Washington D.C. Congested parking downtown after both tire and gas rat...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The special mold containing the tank is being lowered into position in the tire vulcanizing unit. When it is in place, the huge cover of the unit will be lowered into position and closed. The heat will then be turned on to cure the raw rubber of the gas tank

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Tire in patch vulcanizing mould

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Tire in patch vulcanizing moul...

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Williams County, North Dakota. H.R. Lampan, chairman of the tire rationing board

Williams County, North Dakota. H.R. Lampan, chairman of the tire ratio...

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Tire retreading. Huge stacks of tires like this, awaiting recapping, are not extraordinary these days as motorists rush to make their tires stand up as long as possible

Tire retreading. Huge stacks of tires like this, awaiting recapping, a...

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A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeance to be wrecked on the Axis powers, this little lady is contributing to their defeat. She has gathered up an old bicycle tire and other odds and ends to contribute to the scrap rubber collection drive. Reclaimed rubber made from these materials is playing an imcreasingly important part in the war effort. Large percentages of "reclaim" are now being used in many material articles, such as combat tires, self-sealing gas tanks, etc.. Help build up Uncle Sam's scrap rubbe pile by contributing any no longer used rubber articles you may have

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeanc...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The mold containing the tank has been lowered into the vulcanizing unit and the huge cover is being lowered into position before the heat is turned on

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will make twelve gas masks. Just think! You'll save the lives of twelve soldiers!" These fifth graders in the Gainsboro Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia had been gathering scrap on their own, even before the junior commandos were organized there. Eagerly, they listen to teacher Nettie Traynham tell them that now--along with thirty-million other young Americans--they are part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our fighting men

Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will ...

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