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Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine, the heated cords are squeezed through warm rubber under terrific pressure which completely insulates each individual cord in its own sheath of rubber, and produces an extremely strong fabric of the weftless type. Close watch is kept to maintain uniform thickness and texture at all times. In front of the worker is the trough into which a fresh supply of special gum rubber is constantly being added. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Fin-shaping cords. These workers are inside the rear-right horizontal fin of a barrage balloon, checking the ropes which give the fin shape and hold it together. Since barrage balloons are non-rigid and entirely collapsible, these ropes come closest to being the "back-bone" for the gigantic "defenders of cities." General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fin-shaping cords. These workers are insi...

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Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for a few moments or a few days, wrapped in cloth to prevent it from sticking to itself when rolled up. These reels are brought from storage to machines such as this, in which the fabric is out on a powered bias cutter to exact length for one ply of a tire. This worker is making a layer of two plies, with the cords running at right angles, one laid on top of the other. This layer will later be used by a tire builder in building up the plies of his tire to the required number. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for...

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Production. Parachute making. Two of her brothers are in the Army, two brothers are World War I veterans. Perhaps that's why Bonnie Bonness finds attaching shroud cords to parachute straps in this Eastern factory more important than her former profession: dancing in New York's Greenwich Village nightclubs. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Two of her brothers are in the Army, two...

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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

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Squaring away for war Production. When the last batch of watch cases goes down the line of punch presses at a Kentucky factory, the trained operator will begin turning out compass cases, radio parts and small carbine machine gun parts for our armed forces. Note safety cords on all except second worker. He's die maker seting up a new job. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Squaring away for war Produ...

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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Fires caused by faulty electrical wiring and the misuse of electrical equipment cost the United States 26 million dollars last year. A total of 55,000 fires were started by overheated irons, defective lamp cords, overloaded and improperly fused circuits, and other faults in the use or construction of electrical equipment

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Fires caused by faulty electrical w...

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Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, shows the old and the new in telephones. That in his right hand is a model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone through which sounds were first electronically transmitted in 1875. The larger apparatus near his right hand is the artificial lung and larynx, which enables people with paralyzed vocal cords to talk again. 12/30

Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President...

A black and white photo of a man holding a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 ...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A half-emptied box at a punch press holds the final batch of brass parts for women's compacts to be processed in a Kentucky watch case factory before complete conversion to war prodution. Note safety cords attached to operator's arms. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A ha...

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Dyna Products, 1075 Stewart Ave., Garden City, Long Island. Group of cords

Dyna Products, 1075 Stewart Ave., Garden City, Long Island. Group of c...

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A black and white photo of a person holding a snake. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a person holding a snake. Office of War Inf...

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

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine, the heated cords are squeezed through warm rubber under terrific pressure which completely insulates each individual cord in its own sheath of rubber, and produces an extremely strong fabric of the weftless type. Close watch is kept to maintain uniform thickness and texture at all times. In front of the worker is the trough into which a fresh supply of special gum rubber is constantly being added. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine...

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

How to add years to the life of your electric cords: remove them gently but firmly from wall sockets. Don't pull or tug. When not in use, coil cord loosely around a hook

How to add years to the life of your electric cords: remove them gentl...

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Production. Parachute making. As these two girls thread shroud cords through the material, these yards of silk become more nearly recognizable as one of the parachutes turned out by this Eastern plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. As these two girls thread shroud cords t...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and officer hat cords]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and officer hat cords]

Case: Simple framing lines. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

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...

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

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...

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