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Bird's eye view of the city of Akron, Summit County, Ohio 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 675 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interes More

Panoramic view of the city of Akron, Summit County, Ohio 1882.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 677 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of inter More

Sixth ward of Akron, formerly Middlebury, Summit Co., Ohio 1882.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 676 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Washington County, Colorado

Sep 1893. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Fulton County, Indiana.

Feb 1896. 1 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. More

United States Navy First Class Cruisers New York and Brooklyn / The Werner Company, Akron, O.

The New York (left, in distance) and the Brooklyn (center), at sea, significant ships in the culmination of the Spanish-American War, and fishing boat (right, foreground). 72974 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright More

60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declared that 60 percent of the town's population is now living on government or state relief checks since rubber companies decentralized their operations after a wave of strikes

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Washington County, Colorado

Jul 1900. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability More

The Gothic, 102 South High Street and 52-58 East Mill Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1902 in downtown Akron, the Gothic represents the emergence of Tudor Revival architectural styles and the multi-family resident More

Akron Works, Akron, Ohio, Panoramic Photograph

H101368 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 16, 1907.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Washington County, Colorado

Jul 1908. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability More

Vaniman airship "Akron" before sailing

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. "3584 A.S." Photograph by Pictorial News Co., N.Y.C. Ernest L. Jones Collection. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Airships 1911; Airships More

Photograph of Captain Pearl R. Nye in Akron, OH.

The handwritten note was attached to the photograph. Note on back says " This is printed wrong side too. The large bldgs. are B.F. Goodrich Co."

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa

Mar 1913. 1 Sheet(s). 501. Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa

Mar 1913. 1 Sheet(s). Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th More

Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Akron, Washington County, Colorado

Jun 1913. 1 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability More

Stock room of a large rubber factory--Automobile Tire Department, Akron, Ohio

J224175 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22062. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Industrial Basketball champions--The Fisk Red Tops ... winning five straight games within 24 hours in the recent Industrial Basketball Championship Tournament at Akron, Ohio

Eight men posed, standing, full length, wearing basketball uniforms. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Winners in National Spelling Bee received by President Coolidge. School children from all over the cou[...] who competed in the fourth annual National Spelling Bee held in Washington, were rece[...] by President Coolidge at the White House today. The winners are shown in the center of the group with the President. Reading left to right: Bessie Doig of Detroit, winner of the third award of $200; President Coolidge; Betty Robinson of South Bend, Indiana, the winner of the first prize of $1,000; and Pauline Gray, representing Akron, Ohio, winner of the second prize of $500

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Stripping tube on mandrel before sending to cure, Goodyear Tire Factory, Akron, O.

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Crude rubber from Brazil being cracked by the rubber-cracking machine, Goodyear Tire Factory, Akron, O.

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World's largest dirigible near completion

The metal skeleton of the Akron being constructed for the Navy at the Goodyear Zeppelin factory in hangar at Akron. No. S/73867RU. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Tanglewood, off Alabama 23, Akron, Hale County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-69 Survey number: HABS AL-177 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000346

Spurns German Bid - Martha graham papers, Library of Congress

Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

[60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declared that 60 percent of the town's population is now living on government or state relief checks since rubber companies decentralized their operations after a wave of strikes]

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Julius Greenfield, photographer for the Akron Times-Herald testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee

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60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declared that 60 percent of the town's population is now living on government or state relief checks since rubber companies decentralized their operations after a wave of strikes

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60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declared that 60 percent of the town's population is now living on government or state relief checks since rubber companies decentralized their operations after a wave of strikes

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Akron potato picker's home, Rio Grande County, Colorado

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High school band plays at station for officials arriving for farmers' field day, Akron, Colorado

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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Akron, O[hio]

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A man standing in front of a display of plants, possibly related to: Farmer examines sorghum exhibit, U.S. Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmer with free lunch at U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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A black and white photo of a shack in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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A man standing in front of a display of plants, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess water and pressed together into the blanket shown here

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Corgo, feedcrop recommended by U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers in town for field day at U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Farmers and wives at field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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A group of men standing around each other, possibly related to: Farmers eating lunch, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Free lunch at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor at farmers field day at United States Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers in town for field day at U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers eating lunch, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers visit U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station near Akron, Colorado

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Farmers at field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Free lunch counter at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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High school band welcomes officials arriving for farmers' field day, Akron, Colorado

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High school band plays at station for officials arriving for farmers' field day, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers visit U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station near Akron, Colorado

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Free lunch counter at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Akron (vicinity), Colorado, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station. Farmer looking at sorghum exhibit

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Corgo, feedcrop recommended by U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Free lunch counter at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers at sorghum exhibit, U.S. Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers at field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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A group of men standing around each other, Colorado. Farm Security Administration photograph

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

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Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency

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Free lunch counter at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmer examines sorghum exhibit, U.S. Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Akron (vicinity), Colorado, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station. Farmer looking at sorghum exhibit

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Farmers at sorghum exhibit, U.S. Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field, possibly related to: FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor at farmers field day at United States Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Free lunch at farmers field day, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Akron, Ohio

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Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Photograph shows woman ironing. 12002-28. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title fro More

Farmer with free lunch at U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

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This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess water and pressed together into the blanket shown here

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor at farmers field day at United States Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

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Farmer examines sorghum exhibit, U.S. Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Farmers eating lunch, U.S. Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado

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Dr. Jacob Goldner & son, Reverend Gerould Goldner, Akron, Ohio, kidnapped on Mar Saba Road, July 19, 1939. Goldners, taken at Y.M.C.A. after return

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High school band welcomes officials arriving for farmers' field day, Akron, Colorado

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Headed for last cleanup. Six giant truck tires, of the non-directional type are being wheeled in for cleaning and painting. This pattern, developed for the U.S. Army in 1941 is used for field equipment....gives excellent traction in forward or reverse because of the horizontal cleats, yet rides well on the highway on the continuous center rib. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even when you see the tire-wrapping machine in operation, it is difficult to understand how it works....spinning a strand of paper around a tire as fast as the operator can feed them in. All the operator need do is place the tire in position; the machine does the rest. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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The tracks for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take shape on the "building wheel" of a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

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Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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Removing cured tube from mold. As the tire molds are all-automatic, so are the tube molds. This one has just opened; all the operator need do is remove the finished tube and put in another raw one. Note the seam marks in the mold itself, which leave their imprint on the tube. Thus a seamless tube may appear to have a collection of many sections. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Aircraft tire manufacture. This shot taken through a huge bomber tire shows an attractive rubber company employee with small airplane tire used on some military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Stack of flotation bags made of rubberized fabric inflated for test purposes, preparatory to deflation for insertion in wings of military airplanes. These bags are used to support planes forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

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Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even when you see the tire-wrapping machine in operation, it is difficult to understand how it works....spinning a strand of paper around a tire as fast as the operator can feed them in. All the operator need do is place the tire in position; the machine does the rest. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballonet type barrage balloon, these workers at the barrage plant are cementing, seaming and rolling reinforcing tape across points in the tail and fins where strain is greatest. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Rubber reclamation. Science guides rubber reclamation. Skilled chemists at a Midwest xylos process plant test every batch of rubber recovered from scrap to ensure removal of all traces of fabric, metal and other foreign matter. Firestone

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Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draws the steam out of the airbag, opens the lid and ejects the tire from the tread pattern. Workers need to do nothing but pull out the finished tire and put in another uncured carcass. General Tires, Firestone, Akron, Ohio

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A black and white photo of bags of cement. Office of War Information Photograph

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barrage balloons which look like monster whales-of-the-air, made in this huge room. Four are seen here: left rear is a balloon being folded into the shipping container at the extreme rear; next to it is an inflated balloon on which final inspection and checking is now complete, and ready for deflation and packing; at the right is a completed balloon in the process of being inflated for inspection; in the foreground is an assembled balloon awaiting final fitting and inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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Last grain of powder is dumped into the mill hopper as another hatch is completely filled. Next batch is in the foreground but will not be started until the present one is completely mixed. Mixing time varies with the characteristic of the batch, both as to the number of ingredients and the speed with which they mix thoroughly into the rubber. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Final patching and tying. Men in the foreground are rolling cemented patches into correct position on the outside walls of a barrage balloon, while their co-worker in the background is checking the wrapping of ropes in cloth to prevent any stray bristles from puncturing the rubberized fabric. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns into gores which in turn are assembled into balloon sections, these workers are charged with making seams strong and gas-tight, since the full tug of gas from the inside, and rigging on the outside is exerted on these sections. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

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