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Building Tires

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Description: Workroom in the Uniroyal factory where men and women are building tires.
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Working on Tire Molds

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Description: Men sit on chairs while working on tire molds at Uniroyal.
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Assembling Tires at Uniroyal

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Description: Women assemble tires at the Uniroyal plant. Men are also working in the background.
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Ventilation Fans

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Three men stand near ventilation fans for cementing machines on the roof of Building #3.
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The Tool Room

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Men working in the tool room, located in the northeast corner of Building #15.
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Passenger Curing Unit

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Men working in the passenger curing unit "V" on the first floor of Building #8.
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Duct Work

Date: 06 05 1947
Description: A view of the duct work in the passenger tire press room on the third floor of Building 7.
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The Bead Department

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Theresa Meyer and Alice Lee cutting and splicing stock in the bead department.
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Veteran Tire Builder

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Veteran tire builder Bill McNair works on a pocket while constructing a heavy service truck tire. Two men wearing suits and hats stand in the left backgrou...
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Lloyd Barnes

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: A flipper is applied to a bead by Lloyd Barnes.
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First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant

Date: 10 21 1944
Description: 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...
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Raw Tire in the Mold

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: The first raw tire is placed in a mold at Gillette Tire Plant. From left to right are R.L. Chatterson, Julius Berkley, A.B. Smith, M.O. Wick, J.W. Harry Ku...
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Making a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Bill Mcnair rolls the tread onto a tire as two other men look on at the Rubber Company's Gillette Tire Plant.
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Building a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Severin Gullickson applies a circumferential wrap to a wire bead while building a tire at Gillette Tire Plant.
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Cutting Rubber

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Elevated view of Tom Ellington cutting rubber from a roll to make a tire at the Gillette Tire Plant.
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Stitching a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Tire builder Bill McNair stitches the side walls of a heavy service truck tire at the Gillette Tire Plant as men in suits watch.
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Attaching Tread to Tire

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Tire builder Arnold Brandt rolls the tread onto a heavy service truck tire.
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Tire Builder Rose LeDue

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Rode LeDue builds an 8.25/20 pocket for use in a heavy service tire.
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1964
Description: An aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
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Women Tire Builders

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Women work in a row on machinery building tires.

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