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Bagging a Tire
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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. Hansen, M.L. Lindoo, A.B. Smith (bagging), Julius Berkley, E.M. Ehrhard, H.T. Helfrich, E.E. Lindquist, and F.I. Hagman.
October 19, 1944
Sifford, Bruce (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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Raw Tire in the Mold
October 19, 1944
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 Kunz, R.F. McSorley, and F.I. Hagman.
Building the First Tire at Gillette
October 19, 1944
Tire builder William (Bill) McNair puts a pocket on the first tire built at the Gillette Tire Plant. Civic representatives and employees of construction firms and of the plant watch him. From left ...
Tire Vacuum Expander
October 19, 1944
Seven men pose together as the first raw tire at the Gillette Tire Plant is put into a vacuum expander.
Assembling Tires at Uniroyal
Women assemble tires at the Uniroyal plant. Men are also working in the background.
Building a Tire
October 19, 1944
Severin Gullickson applies a circumferential wrap to a wire bead while building a tire at Gillette Tire Plant.
Stitching a Tire
October 19, 1944
Tire builder Bill McNair stitches the side walls of a heavy service truck tire at the Gillette Tire Plant as men in suits watch.
