Photograph
First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant
| The first tire to be cured in the Gillette Tire Plant is removed from the mold. From left to right are F.B. Davis Jr. (Chairman of the United States Rubber Company's Board of Directors), factory manager Howard O. Hutchens, curing room employee Luvig Landsverk, U.S. Rubber Company President Herbert E. Smith, and J.W. McGovern, General Manager of the tire division. |
| Image ID: | 84895 |
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| Creation Date: | 10 21 1944 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Eau Claire |
| County: | Eau Claire |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Uniroyal, inc. Eau Claire plant records, 1917-1990 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6055 Production of First Tire 6093 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Eyeglasses |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Machinery |
| Tire industry |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Blue collar workers |
| White collar workers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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