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Railroad Bridge near Eau Claire

Date: 09 01 1882
Description: View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ...
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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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Shipping Tractor Tires

Date: 09 21 1945
Description: Two workers at the United Rubber Company plant at Eau Claire, Alfred Stokes and Eugene Stafford, loading large farm tires onto a railroad car for shipment.
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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Women at Uniroyal Factory

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Description: A group of women work at machines making tires. Men are in the background on the right working on other machines.
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Men at Uniroyal Factory

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Description: Elevated view of men working with long strips of rubber and fabric while making tires.
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Stacks of Tires at Uniroyal Factory

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Description: Elevated view of stacks of tires siting in the Uniroyal factory. Men work at machinery 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tire Builder

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: A tire builder at work.
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Tire Builders

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Description: Two men work at a conveyor belt at a tire production plant.
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Tire Production

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Description: An employee at a tire production plant works the machinery.
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Northwestern Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Northwestern Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Lath Shingles & Pickets," with two men in the woods, one poised with a...

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