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Goodrich Service Truck and Men

Date: 10 12 1934
Description: Three attendants are standing beside a Goodrich truck at Goodrich Silvertown, Inc. 515 University Avenue, next to a sign for Goodrich Tires and Batteries. ...
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Tire Retreading at Edwards Tire Co.

Date: 09 20 1934
Description: Two men retreading tires at Edwards Tire Company, located at 124 W. Main Street.
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Tires in the Licari Garage

Date: 08 17 1933
Description: A worker fixing a tire in front of racks of Gillette tires in the Licari garage, 767 W. Washington Avenue, in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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International Model "63" Firestone Truck

Date: 11 1926
Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of an International Model "63" truck owned by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The slogan: "Most Miles Per Dollar" is p...
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Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Three men use three different pieces of machinery in various stages of the tire-making process at the Boone Tire Factory. Stacks of tires are piled around ...
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Man Using Tire-Making Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. A man is using a machine to wrap canvas around a rubber tire.
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Filling Tire Molds

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a room in the Boone Tire Factory. Two men are removing a tire from a mold, one of many running along a conveyor belt inside the Boone Tire...
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Interior of Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Four men work inside the Boone Tire Factory.
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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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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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Bagging a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Bagging the first tire made in the Gillette Tire Plant. From left to right are H.A. Berg, C.E. Stare, F.A. Cobb, F.J. Amundson, R.L. Chatterson, R.J. Hanse...
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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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Building the First Tire at Gillette

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Tire builder William (Bill) McNair puts a pocket on the first tire built at the Gillette Tire Plant. Civic representatives and employees of construction fi...
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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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