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Hoover with Genl. Tire & Rubber Co. pilots, 8/20/29

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Winter scenes. Tire tracks in snow

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

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

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Tire Company, South side of State Route 53 between Frances Street/State Route 124, Braselton, Jackson County, GA

Significance: The Tire Company is a contributing historic resource in the Braselton National Register of Historic Places District and represents the automobile-oriented commercial significance of the district. More

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

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Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble. California

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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"

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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

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

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

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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"

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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

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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

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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 ...

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. More

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

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

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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

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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 [...]

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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

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Potash lorries burned on Jericho road. Great rubber tire of potash lorry still in full blaze when picture was taken on the following morning after attack on previous evening

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Tire rims at junkyard, Abbeville, Louisiana

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Day laborer pumping up tractor tire, farm near Ralls, Texas

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

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Day laborer pumping up tire on tractor on large farm near Ralls, Texas. Nine tractors were used on this farm of four thousand nine hundred acres

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

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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

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

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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.

Old streetcar made into tire shop. Kerrville, Texas

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

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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

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

Truck driver repairing tire. Corpus Christi, Texas

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

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

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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

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

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

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Two old cars parked next to a red building. Red cars green. - Automobiles of 1940s

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

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Changing tire at the garage. Pie Town, New Mexico

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is a vital part of barrage balloon manufacture, and requires unusual skill to make ropes lie smoothly, pull uniformly, avoid chafing the fabric, or bunching after the balloon is fully inflated. An early step in the work is shown here, in which the rope is frayed out into its many strands, which are then cemented into fabric "fingers" for greatest holding power. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Wrapped, sealed, labeled. Ready for delivery, this finished tire carries the description and size of the tire on an outside label. May be kept for a long period when wrapped in this protective covering, but during the war emergency, most tires are sent out unwrapped because it thus saves paper, they are usually put into immediate use and require no storage protective, and there is less need for attention to appearance. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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 black and white photo of bags of cement. Office of War Information Photograph

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Adding tread rubber stock. When the fabric carcass has been built to the proper number of layers and cushion rubber has been added under the tread, the thick, extra tough tread rubber is added, having been molded to the proper shape by extrusion in a previous operation. Mechanical guides help this builder to put the tread on absolutely straight, so the tire will be in perfect balance. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

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Barrage balloon manufacture. John and his colleagues. Silhouetted against the spiderweb pattern of the inside of a great barrage balloon, this supervisor watches "balloon tailors" at work on an inside seam. The area in the picture will be filled with helium in service. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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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

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One way to increase tire life--and to do your part in the saving of rubber for the forces of fighting to defend your right to drive in freedom over the roads of this democracy is to keep the pressure right. This driver isn't thinking of war, however, as he checks his tire pressure. He's just using common sense as he takes a few moments to make certain that costly carelessness will not rob him of tire mileage

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barrage balloons which look like monster whales-of-the-air, made in this huge room. Four are seen here: left rear is a balloon being folded into the shipping container at the extreme rear; next to it is an inflated balloon on which final inspection and checking is now complete, and ready for deflation and packing; at the right is a completed balloon in the process of being inflated for inspection; in the foreground is an assembled balloon awaiting final fitting and inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mill. This special twist cotton cord comes from southern mills. It differs from other tire cords in that it is woven and twisted by gear-driven machinery instead of belt-driven equipment. Slips and strains of belt-machinery are reflected in the cord and on into the finished tire, whereas in a gear-driven machine there are no slippages, therefore no weakened cords in the finished tire. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

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

Tracks for scout cars and other Army vehicles go through a curing process in an Ohio tire plant. The hydraulic press in which this important operation is performed assures uniform cure under automatically regulated temperature. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

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Making the wire beads. Beads which reinforce the tire and hold it firmly on the rim, are made of the highest grade piano wire, and are extremely tough and durable. They must be made to precisely the correct length, and are foiled on the machine illustrated here. Care must be taken that there are no burrs, slivers or rough spots which might cut into the bead wrapping or fabric. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Rolling for Uncle Sam. Rolling away a finished tire, this tire company worker is proud of the job it will do, for it is a huge airplane bomber tire, of the kind used by Uncle Sam on his giant defenders. The tire will receive a few finishing touches before shipping, although it is ready for service as is. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Through final inspection. Tires on an endless-crane overhead, swing through the final inspection department and spray paint booth where they are given a preservative coat of special tire paint. The tire-around-the-man is the new military tire--the non-directional. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Making the wire beads. Beads which reinforce the tire and hold it firmly on the rim, are made of the highest grade piano wire, and are extremely tough and durable. They must be made to precisely the correct length, and are foiled on the machine illustrated here. Care must be taken that there are no burrs, slivers or rough spots which might cut into the bead wrapping or fabric. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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

As the track for an Army halftrac develops to recognizable form on the "building wheel" of an Ohio tire plant, an important operation is performed by trained men. All rubber of the finished halftrac adheres firmly to steel bodies. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

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