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Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. Costs five dollars and fifty cents per cord, and must now be hauled thirty-five miles. Portland, Oregon

Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. C...

Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation of durable goods. Is it the news or is it indigestion? Whatever it is, this gentleman's mood is playing havoc with the electric cord. Don't try to disconnect a cord by tugging at it; dislodge it gently but firmly at the wall socket

Conservation of durable goods. Is it the news or is it indigestion? Wh...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unknown object with open-work base, ornamental shaft, and cord(?)]

[Unknown object with open-work base, ornamental shaft, and cord(?)]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From figure in [blank]. From the "Metal work" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part ... More

Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. Costs five dollars and fifty cents per cord, and must be hauled thirty-five miles. (Shows homeowner on porch.) Portland, Oregon

Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these members of the Air Corps quickly don their masks. They never know when the driver is going to pull the cord and release a charge of tear gas in their direction, to ensure their being on the alert

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these m...

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Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Another string saver. Uncle Sam needs lots of out-size cord for his Navy. Here at an eastern Navy yard manilla hawser is examined for defects before going into service

Another string saver. Uncle Sam needs lots of out-size cord for his Na...

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

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, facing front, eyes to left, wearing plaid cravat and monocle suspended on cord around neck]

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

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Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor to the calendaring machine two stories below. As may be seen from this picture, the cords are gathered in four banks at this point, but join together in a solid mass by the time they reach the rubber-impregnating calendaring machine. Another set of four banks of cords also issue from the creel room carrying heavier weight cord stock for truck tire use. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor ...

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

Sheep shearers on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. The cord around the waist of man on right is used to sew up the sacks which contain wool. These sheep shearers travel in outfit of which man on left is boss, has about twenty members. He, the boss, has several other similarly sized outfits. They travel through California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

Sheep shearers on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. The cord around the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. 21, 1915 and finger grew stiff and had to have cord cut. Still an outpatient in June and not working yet.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old....

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The 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automobiles displayed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, in Auburn, Indiana

The 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This Cord is an authentic re-creation of the one-off (or built one time only) show car Cord built by the Auburn Automobile Company. Th... More

Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even for a minute

Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even fo...

Poster promoting home safety. Date stamped on verso: Oct 14 1940. Poster design by Al Gladstone. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. Loading a spar chord in a fixture. The spar cord is hanging on the end of the rope

De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. Loading a spar chord in a fix...

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

8 cyl. Cord, 1937 - Automobiles of 1940s

8 cyl. Cord, 1937 - Automobiles of 1940s

J36874 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by the Grogan Photo Company. Copyright by the Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill.

Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other tire workers to the next step in the milling process. In this instance, the batch goes from the mill room to the calendaring machine, where it will become a part of the cord fabric. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other t...

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

What's wrong with this picture? Only that the lady is ruining her electric cord by disconnecting the toaster the wrong way. Don't pull cords from irons or toasters: disconnect them gently at the wall socket

What's wrong with this picture? Only that the lady is ruining her elec...

Public domain photograph related to electrical equipment, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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

Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mill. This special twist cotton cord comes from southern mills. It differs from other tire cords in that it is woven and twisted by gear-driven machinery instead of belt-driven equipment. Slips and strains of belt-machinery are reflected in the cord and on into the finished tire, whereas in a gear-driven machine there are no slippages, therefore no weakened cords in the finished tire. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mi...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Esther Wheeler, book photos at 1506 Woodside Ave., Baldwin, Long Island. Pull cord

Mrs. Esther Wheeler, book photos at 1506 Woodside Ave., Baldwin, Long ...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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

Leroy P. Cord to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 12, 1860  (Lincoln should issue a statement and appoint a conservative cabinet)
Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. 21, 1915 and finger grew stiff and had to have cord cut. Still an outpatient in June and not working yet.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old....

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

Contact Sheet: 1-3 Stereo Mike Pair for Host Drum; 4 Extra Microphone at Center of Arena; 5-6 Cables and Microphone Stand Used As Telephone Cord to Run Three Cable Sets to Center of Arena; 7-8 Microphone Cable Run and Extra Microphone in Singers' Area; 9-13 Charlie Edwards in Front of the Speaker Stand; 15-17 Boys Playing Football in Campground to West of Arena; 18-20 In the Campground; 21-22 Crafts Table; 23 Midway; 24-27 Photo Button Stand; 29-37 Food Stand

Contact Sheet: 1-3 Stereo Mike Pair for Host Drum; 4 Extra Microphone ...

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into this creel room, from which they are woven into tire fabric. Each spool is connected by a complicated pulley arrangement to the bank of cords seen in the center of the picture and travels overhead to reach that bank. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into t...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Conservation of durable goods. Is it the news or is it indigestion? Whatever it is, this gentleman's mood is playing havoc with the electric cord. Don't try to disconnect a cord by tugging at it; dislodge it gently but firmly at the wall socket

Conservation of durable goods. Is it the news or is it indigestion? Wh...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Tuberculosis Neuropsychiatric Building, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Spinal Cord Injury Unit an...

Significance: It represents the 1950s conversion of the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital campus into a facility specializing in psychiatric services. The interior layout was also influenced by the theories of Dr.... More

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

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

... An act to satisfy the claims of John M'Cord against the United States ... [Followed by An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining. [New York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1790.].

... An act to satisfy the claims of John M'Cord against the United Sta...

Caption title: At head of each act: Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of New York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.; Each ac... More

Leroy P. Cord to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 12, 1860  (Lincoln should issue a statement and appoint a conservative cabinet)
Recently cleared land with piles of cord wood. Highway 14 about five miles south of Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina

Recently cleared land with piles of cord wood. Highway 14 about five m...

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

Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mill. This special twist cotton cord comes from southern mills. It differs from other tire cords in that it is woven and twisted by gear-driven machinery instead of belt-driven equipment. Slips and strains of belt-machinery are reflected in the cord and on into the finished tire, whereas in a gear-driven machine there are no slippages, therefore no weakened cords in the finished tire. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mi...

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

A 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automobiles displayed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana

A 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automobi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. With retractable headlights, running boards, and the removal of the radiator as a design feature, the 810 was a radical, streamlined d... More

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding an uninterrupted supply of cord to the machine from an emergency spool at the worker's feet. Meantime he searches through the maze of cords to find the one which has broken, to make his splice, and to resume the supply from the regular spool. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding ...

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

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding an uninterrupted supply of cord to the machine from an emergency spool at the worker's feet. Meantime he searches through the maze of cords to find the one which has broken, to make his splice, and to resume the supply from the regular spool. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Splicing the line. The loose end in the worker's left hand is feeding ...

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

Leroy P. Cord to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 12, 1860  (Lincoln should issue a statement and appoint a conservative cabinet)
Milling fabric stock. The batch nears completion. Smoothly mixed, the batch of rubber has lost all streaks and patterns and has become a solid mass of thoroughly integrated rubber stock. The rubber shown in this picture is quite soft and sticky, characteristic of the gum rubber which is used to impregnate cord fabric. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Milling fabric stock. The batch nears completion. Smoothly mixed, the ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplane seat production. See the "V" on the airplane pilot seat? It's the Victory elastic cord which provides the stress needed to counter-balance the pilot's weight during vertical adjustment of the seat. An inspector employed by a large Midwest rubber company now converted to production of war essentials, operates the vertical adjustment release lever which allows movement of the seat while plane is in motion

Airplane seat production. See the "V" on the airplane pilot seat? It's...

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

A 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automobiles displayed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana

A 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automobi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Painted in an original Cadet Grey color, this Cord was owned by Josh Malks, who showed it off in travels around the world. Malks nickn... More

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

... An act to satisfy the claims of John M'Cord against the United States ... [Followed by An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining. [New York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1790.].

... An act to satisfy the claims of John M'Cord against the United Sta...

Caption title: At head of each act: Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of New York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.; Each ac... More

Public sale. On the day of at Warmick Furnace, East-Nantmill township, Chester county, will be sold by public vendue: cord wood, horses, cows, waggons, farming utensils, flasks, patterns, furnace tools, and household & kitchen furniture. Terms w
[Girl in white dress with bow, holding book and cord, standing]

[Girl in white dress with bow, holding book and cord, standing]

Public domain scan of 19th-century artistic photograph, platinum print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tying in new spools. This is a highly skilled occupation, and is supervised at this tire company by a man whose previous training was in a weaving mill in Scotland. The deft weaver's knot, which will not pull out, must be tied in the fraction of a second whenever a break occurs, to catch the broken ends together without interrupting the flow of cord. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Tying in new spools. This is a highly skilled occupation, and is super...

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

The 1932 Cord "experimental," is one of about 125 classic automobiles displayed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana

The 1932 Cord "experimental," is one of about 125 classic automobiles ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Auburn Automobile Company was experimenting with a luxurious model with a powerful V-16 engine, which was deemed too extravagant d... More

Public sale. On the day of at Warmick Furnace, East-Nantmill township, Chester county, will be sold by public vendue: cord wood, horses, cows, waggons, farming utensils, flasks, patterns, furnace tools, and household & kitchen furniture. Terms w
A woman sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

War nursery schools. Virgina. "Let's get this over so we can eat," appears to be the thought uppermost in the minds of Bobby Marlatt and Eddie Cord as they gingerly go about the process of cleaning up at a Virginia war nursery. The nursery is conducted for war workers' children at a nearby ordnance plant

War nursery schools. Virgina. "Let's get this over so we can eat," app...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leroy P. Cord to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 12, 1860  (Lincoln should issue a statement and appoint a conservative cabinet)
Lunch on the job. Lunchtime in the creel room does not release workers from watching the flow of the cord. Whereas there is not often an emergency break, someone must be on hand in case the emergency should arise. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Lunch on the job. Lunchtime in the creel room does not release workers...

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

A devine poem written on Saint Francis founder of the Order of the Cord. P. Brereton, Printer, 1, Exchange, S, Dub

A devine poem written on Saint Francis founder of the Order of the Cor...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 & 89, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of S...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry W. Lawrence. No. 4 S. Gay Street. Baltimore, manufacturer of fringe and cotton cord, of the first quality, and of every size ... [n. d.].

Henry W. Lawrence. No. 4 S. Gay Street. Baltimore, manufacturer of fri...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 32, Folder 38.

View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into this creel room, from which they are woven into tire fabric. Each spool is connected by a complicated pulley arrangement to the bank of cords seen in the center of the picture and travels overhead to reach that bank. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

View of the creel room. Spools of cord are brought from storage into t...

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

Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor to the calendaring machine two stories below. As may be seen from this picture, the cords are gathered in four banks at this point, but join together in a solid mass by the time they reach the rubber-impregnating calendaring machine. Another set of four banks of cords also issue from the creel room carrying heavier weight cord stock for truck tire use. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Feeding cord to the fabric machine. Cords feed down through the floor ...

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