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First Gillette Company Tire

Date: 1917
Description: Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the cr...
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Coffin House (?) Parlor

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Description: Interior view of a parlor. A chandelier is hanging from the ceiling, and multiple photographs and portraits are displayed on the walls. There is a piano al...
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Parlor-room Piano at the Coffin Residence

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Description: View of the piano in the parlor, with two potted plants on the floor, a chair, and a nightstand. Three framed pictures are hanging on the wall, and a statu...
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Eau Claire County Court House Desk

Date: 1930
Description: The desk in the courtroom, made at the Marston Planing Mill in Eau Claire about 1873-4.
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Eau Claire County Court House Staircase

Date: 1930
Description: Walnut staircase inside the Eau Claire County Court House.
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Eau Claire Public Library

Date: 1896
Description: Bookshelves and desks within the Eau Claire Public Library Reading Room.
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Eau Claire Public Library

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Tables and bookshelves in the public library reading room.
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Woman Rubber Worker

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Isabel Olson, an employee of the United Rubber Company in Eau Claire, examining fabric for a pocket in a heavy service tire. Although most women who joine...
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Eau Claire Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Reverse of the photograph reads: "Carnegie bldg, 1904, Cost $40,000, Patton + Miller, Chicago, arch." In th...
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Eau Claire Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. There are tables with lamps, chairs, bookshelves, and a chandelier. Through a doorway is another room with ...
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Eau Claire Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Photograph is a long view through several rooms. The reverse of the photograph reads, "From children's room...
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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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