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Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients for the "batch" of the rubber must be done with great care. At this point it is determined whether the raw rubber will be converted into tread stock, fabric gum, tube stock, repair material or mechanical rubber stock. All ingredients--rubber, chemicals, liquids--are placed in the metal tub, and delivered to the mill room for processing. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

Proprietor of feed mill at hopper where ground feed pours into sack. Taylor, Texas

Lititz, Pennsylvania. This town of 4000-odd inhabitants, has two weekly papers, the oldest of which is the Record-express. Pouring molten metal, to make plates from mats in the basement of the Record-express office building

Borger, Texas. Still man at the Phillips refinery

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Spot welders

Like stars for the flag. Glistening sparks, like the constellation in the blue field of Old Glory, issue from a semi-steel heating operation at an eastern Navy yard

Long Bell Lumber Company, Cowlitz County, Washington. Donkey puncher on a steam-driven donkey which provides power for moving logs in process of yarding

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Gas welding a plate for a fifty-foot steel ramp boat in a Southern yard, building boats used in landing men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. Torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft are also made at this yard

Borger, Texas. Still man at the Phillips refinery

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Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients for the "batch" of the rubber must be done with great care. At this point it is determined whether the raw rubber will be converted into tread stock, fabric gum, tube stock, repair material or mechanical rubber stock. All ingredients--rubber, chemicals, liquids--are placed in the metal tub, and delivered to the mill room for processing. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted from the cutting machine into the "make-up" room where ingredients are gathered, weighed and measured for each batch of rubber to be made up into General tires. Firestone (General Tires). Akron, Ohio.

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted from the cutting machine into the "make-up" room where ingredients are gathered, weighed and measured for each batch of rubber to be made up into General tires. Firestone (General Tires). Akron, Ohio

Putting tire into curing mold. From the vacuum expander, the potential new truck tire is taken to this "watch-case" curing mold in which it is baked under high heat and pressure for a long time. The exact time and temperature varies with the type and size of tire. The airbag inside the carcass is filled with live steam during this process so that heat is added from both inside and out. The mold contains the tread pattern, or design, as well as all markings which will appear on sidewall. Under this heat and pressure the rubber turns semi-liquid, and flows into every crevice, completely bonding the rubber processed fabric carcass to the cushion, the cushion to the tread. After this operation it is now one unit--a complete tire. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear on tires with this tire testing machine at the Bureau of Standards is W.D. [?] hold, the machine simulates road tests traveling from 20 to 60 mph, the only difference is that the load on the tires is heavier than the normal weight of cars that the tires are made for [...]

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft is carefully balanced on a special machine to guarantee flawless performance in service. Inspector is making final check on airplane tires destined for military service. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in which they have traveled from Singapore, are wheeled up to this endless chain loader, which will automatically feed it into the "guillotine," the first step in making tires at an Ohio tire plant

Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients for the "batch" of the rubber must be done with great care. At this point it is determined whether the raw rubber will be converted into tread stock, fabric gum, tube stock, repair material or mechanical rubber stock. All ingredients--rubber, chemicals, liquids--are placed in the metal tub, and delivered to the mill room for processing. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Lunch hour for the workmen in a big Midwest plant where old tires are transformed

Joseph Teshon, Inc. plant manager examines fabric sample in his office.

Coffee County FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor delivers a second batch of chicks to Josh Smart under the "Food for Defense" program. Alabama

New Madrid County, Missouri. Tub of stringbeans in sharecropper's home

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Meringues Recipe

Jose Correa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, February 12, 1816, and Cement Recipe in French

Woman uses computer to design fabric pattern.

Daughter of tenant farmer living near Muskogee, Oklahoma, pumping water out of tub. See general caption number 20

Bundlers at work. The stacks of cut fabric are brought to the bundlers, who fold and tie them and place identification labels on the tied bundles.

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing trailer tires. Back from a trailer housing site comes this Department of Agriculture truck with 150 tires on which new war housing trailers were delivered from the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Upon delivery, trailers are shifted to horses. Wheels and tires are removed and sent back for the delivery of other wooden trailers. The original plan was to leave them on the trailers to make fast evacuation of trailers and workers possible. The acute tire shortage made the plan unfeasible

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Sts. The smallest ones were Sam Kipnis, 412 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. David Stierman, 701 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Is a truant on probation. Very defiant). Abram Furr, 1004 4 1/2 St., S.W., Washington, D.C., has a badge. The smallest of these were 11 years old. I saw some smaller but couldn't get the photo. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Room for maids who work in boarding house for single men who are mostly employed at the Consolidated Aircrafts. Notice the laundry tub in same room. The maids are paid five dollars per week and room and board. San Diego, California

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