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

A group of men standing next to each other in a field, Great Depressio...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raft for military aircraft is applied by balloon room worker with special tools. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raf...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a story of conversion, a story of using at once facilities already available while newer facilities are being readied. Formerly an airship 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. 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. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a st...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Adding tread rubber stock. When the fabric carcass has been built to the proper number of layers and cushion rubber has been added under the tread, the thick, extra tough tread rubber is added, having been molded to the proper shape by extrusion in a previous operation. Mechanical guides help this builder to put the tread on absolutely straight, so the tire will be in perfect balance. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding tread rubber stock. When the fabric carcass has been built to t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Supervisor instructs employee in the balloon room in one of the production steps in boat manufacture. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fresh stock rolls over towering drying racks shown here. Weighted tension bars keep the festooned sheet of new fabric taut and straight as it cools and dries. From the drying racks, the fabric travels quickly onto rolls of cloth where it is rolled onto reels small enough to handle. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fre...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Streaking into the mixture, and forming the marbleized pattern, the powdered components at first can be detected in the mixture; the yellow of sulfur here, the white of zinc there. Soon however, one begins to blend into the other, and before that batch is removed, every element is completely mixed in--thoroughly impregnating every inch of the rubber with the proper elements for the purpose intended. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

Streaking into the mixture, and forming the marbleized pattern, the po...

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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

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubber, reclaimed by dissolving and washing out the fibrous materials in old casings, goes through the first refining process in a big Midwest plant. The cleaned, plasticized scrap passes through rolls which carry off dirt and foreign particles at the sides. The refined rubber is then gathered in sheets for further steps in the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubb...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now ready for the addition of another bead before the final layers of fabric are added. The bead cover is shaped to the exact curvature of the tire, and fits its diameter perfectly. The bead is forced into position under pressure by the machine controlled with the worker's right hand. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now rea...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Constant inspection is the order of the plants where Uncle Sam's military machines are being turned out. They've got to measure up, or else--this inspector is checking an airplane part. Plan parts are subcontracted to this huge plant which was formerly an airship dock. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Constant inspection is the order of the...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless cords. As fast as a spool runs out, the auxiliary spool is immediately pulled into service. Each time one of the spools is replaced, the new spool is tied to the end of the spool which is unwinding so that there is never an interruption in any cord. Should a cord break, it is immediately replaced from an emergency spool until the break can be repaired. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless co...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold

Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire,...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around? Look at this picture closely and you will find many things that you too can contribute to the national scrap rubber pile. This accumulation in the yards of the Dowenthal Company in Akron, Ohio, contains old bicycle tires, hot water bottles, fruit jar rings, rubber heals and soles, floor mats, tire patches, hose connections, tubing, gaskets, fan belts, washers, in fact, everything but rubber checks

Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Martha McMillan, Howard R. Hollem, Albert Freeman or Howard Liberman. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United S... More

Giant tire manufacturer. A steady stream of large, rugged tires for Uncle Sam's fighting forces, like those above, is now in mass production at this large Eastern plant. Here workmen are shifting newly vulcanized tires to conveyor lines that will take them to final inspection department. They are then shipped to the fighting forces to help build the ever-increasing number of mobile and mechanized units in America's hard-striking war machine

Giant tire manufacturer. A steady stream of large, rugged tires for Un...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Outdoor sculpture at the Seiberling Federal Building, Akron, Ohio

Outdoor sculpture at the Seiberling Federal Building, Akron, Ohio

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Outdoor sculpture at the Seiberling Federal Building, Akron, Ohio

Outdoor sculpture at the Seiberling Federal Building, Akron, Ohio

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Con... More

Loew's Akron, 182 South Main Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Loew's Akron, 182 South Main Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

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Stan Hywet Hall, Service Building-Gardener's House, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Service Building-Gardener's House, 714 North Portage ...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

[Panoramic photograph of the principal street of Akron, Iowa]

[Panoramic photograph of the principal street of Akron, Iowa]

H115528 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Sioux Falls, S.D. Title devised by Library staff, based on information from Eric Renshaw, 2008. Title in copyright deposit records misidentifies the t... More

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

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

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the lar...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of a barrage balloon. These workers are putting in the final pieces of equipment on a completed barrage balloon, just prior to its deflation, packing and shipping to an army air base. In the foreground is a balloon ready for test inflation with air which will also be inspected during inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rubber reclamation. Old tires transformed. A stockpile of reclaimed rubber in a big Midwest recovery plant employing the xylos process. The thick, heavy sheets are ready for processing into essential products not requiring virgin rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Old tires transformed. A stockpile of reclaimed ru...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. The art of the seamstress has a place in the building of these boats, as illustrated here. Worker is stitching various accessories which will be applied to boats in the course of their construction. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Halftrac production. The track of an Army halftrac is positioned in the curing mold at a Midwest rubber plant. The operation is performed with a wooden paddle. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Halftrac production. The track of an Army halftrac is positioned in th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant at a large Midwest xylos process plant checks temperature on a continuous belt dryer which removes every trace of water. Recovery of rubber from old casings is based on dissolving and washing away all tire fibers and processing the resultant rubber material. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant a...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Replenishing gum rubber for tire cords. A new supply of gum for the fabric is being carried to the calendaring machine by this worker. After having been milled originally by processes previously described, the moment of impregnation by auxiliary mills alongside the calendaring machine. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Replenishing gum rubber for tire cords. A new supply of gum for the fa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factories producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are preparing a metal tank to receive bullet-sealing cover. Bullet-sealing covers are an important new safety development to military aviation. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safegu...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before completion of the fourth and final welding operation in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying, all straps are subjected to physical tests to determine the strength of the weld. Occasional radiographic inspections are made to insure the quality of workmanship after the two halves of the cylinder are brought together in this atomic welding machine and made one unit. Here, the operator has just completed the union and is about to remove the whole cylinder. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is finished synthetic rubber, ready for shipment in large paper drums holding 200 pounds each. It is about to leave the Akron, Ohio synthetic rubber plant of the B. F. Goodrich Company

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is finished synthetic rubber, ready ...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This worker is standing on a "blowdown" tank, about ready to tap a polymerizer tank at the Akron, Ohio synthetic rubber plant of the B.F. Goodrich Company. The latex blended in the latter tank is stabilized in the "blow downs." A large blending tank increases the uniformity of these synthetic solutions by mixing the contents of seven or eight of these tanks. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This worker is standing on a "blowdown" t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Zelmar House, 521 Lindell Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Zelmar House, 521 Lindell Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Zelmar House was built in 1916 in the Goodyear Heights planned neighborhood of Akron. Goodyear Heights was created as a planned community during a period ... More

Loew's Akron, 182 South Main Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Loew's Akron, 182 South Main Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Colonel Simon Perkins House, Maple Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Colonel Simon Perkins House, Maple Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-22-8 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Colonel Simon Perkins House, Maple Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Colonel Simon Perkins House, Maple Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-22-8 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Panoramic view of Akron, O., Panoramic Photograph

Panoramic view of Akron, O., Panoramic Photograph

J158302 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 31, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Elizabeth Park Pavilion, Stuber & East North Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Elizabeth Park Pavilion, Stuber & East North Street, Akron, Summit Cou...

1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS OH-2253

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

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

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

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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

Dr. Jacob Goldner & son, Reverend Gerould Goldner, Akron, Ohio, kidnap...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop the toughness necessary in the metal for U.S. warcraft. This worker is quenching a metal sheet which has just come from the furnace. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop ...

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Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds back down into the sidewall of the finished tire for added strength. Passenger tires are normally supplied with only one wire bead, but truck tires usually have two or more, depending upon the size, weight and number of plies. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Adding tread rubber stock. When the fabric carcass has been built to the proper number of layers and cushion rubber has been added under the tread, the thick, extra tough tread rubber is added, having been molded to the proper shape by extrusion in a previous operation. Mechanical guides help this builder to put the tread on absolutely straight, so the tire will be in perfect balance. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding tread rubber stock. When the fabric carcass has been built to t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines used in converting scrap rubber into reclaim stock in a large Midwest plant which utilizes old tires in making sheet rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines us...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstretched fingers of a fabric patch to the side of a barrage balloon, this worker must be extremely careful to put the patch on smoothly. Any wrinkles might bind, pinch or chafe and cause leaks. Sewn and seamed inside this "glove" is a webbing of rope which will become part of the rigging which controls the giant balloon as it flies thousands of feet above cities, arsenals, or other bomber objectives. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstret...

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