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Firestone 3000 mile tires - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone 3000 mile tires - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

[Warren Harding, Firestone camp]

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone near cabin, Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone near c...

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Harding at Firestone Edison Camp [...]

Harding at Firestone Edison Camp [...]

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[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, and others] Dinner at Firestone camp

[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, and others] Dinner at Firestone camp

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvy Firestone and group near cabin, Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvy Firestone and group ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Rolling for Uncle Sam. Rolling away a finished tire, this tire company worker is proud of the job it will do, for it is a huge airplane bomber tire, of the kind used by Uncle Sam on his giant defenders. The tire will receive a few finishing touches before shipping, although it is ready for service as is. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Rolling for Uncle Sam. Rolling away a finished tire, this tire company...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, with all traces of metal and fiber removed, is passed through a series of mill rolls and taken off in sheets form the final roll. This rubber, reclaimed by the xylos process, is now ready for processing into thousands of mechanical rubber products vital to the war production effort. It is also put to many uses in which reclaimed stock is more desirable than new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, ...

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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...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. After the circumferential straps are welded to the cylindrical portion, in the metal division of a large Eastern rubber factory, rough edges and accumulated weld scale are removed by a skilled workman. The twin rotary brushes, shown above, do their work on the inside and outside of the cylinder in the same operation. This process is required in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. After th...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. An oxygen cylinder for high altitude flying, manufactured by the metal division of a large Eastern rubber factory is completed, and after having passed all tests, it is placed on the huge stack ready for shipment to the U.S. Army. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. An oxyge...

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World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-1940. The 1939-1940 World's Fair was themed "The World of Tomorrow" and featured pavilions and exhibit... More

Firestone & Henry Ford [...] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Firestone & Henry Ford [...] - Public domain photograph, glass negativ...

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Group at Firestone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Group at Firestone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks are placed in this vacuum machine in which two things happen. First a combination vacuum suction and squeezing action pulls the tire into the shape it will always have in use. Second, an airbag is forced into the inside to provide inside strength for the curing step. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks ar...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dried scrap rubber is plasticized on the eighty-four-inch mill roll of a xylos process plant in the Midwest. Pigments are added to give the properties desired in the finished product. As it comes off the mill rolls, the reclaimed substance has regained the appearance of new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dri...

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Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is going on for the tire we have followed through the plant, it is also going on simultaneously for hundreds of other tires in production. This view shows one corridor in the curing room where fifty tires are being cured at once. Additional molds flank this group on both sides of long corridor such as this one. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is go...

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Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mold is closed by pushing a button, which starts several operations. First the airbag is filled with live steam which circulates during the entire process; next an automatic timer sets itself for the proper length of time and temperature; next pressure is exerted to squeeze the tire into the mold pattern. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mo...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four major welding operations are essential to the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying. In the first, the circumferential straps are securely welded to the cylindrical portion to prevent tearing of the metal. The process is shown above, taken in the metal division of a large Eastern rubber factory. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four maj...

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Firestone Edison Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Bishop Anderson, Firestone, Harding, [...]

Bishop Anderson, Firestone, Harding, [...]

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Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone Edison camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, standing]

[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, stan...

J10717 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by "Gravelle, P.N.S." "#3"- - lower right corner. No. 47905.

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night I

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night I

The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-1940. The 1939-1940 World's Fair was themed "The World of Tomorrow" and featured pavilions and exhibit... 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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a layer of fabric onto the tire drum. The layer is made with the seam cut on the bias so that there will be no straight-across strain on the tire seams. The layer fits tightly, and each successive layer is banded to the preceding one by applied pressure. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a laye...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the form of small pieces, passes over dewatering screens after it leaves the wash tanks. The pieces are secured by dissolving the fabric from gold casings cut into small sections after renewal of bead portions. The process, known as the xylos process, is employed in a large Midwest rubber plant. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the for...

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Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled away to the vacuum expanding machines, or to storage until these machine operators are ready for it. Since the rubber throughout the carcass is not yet cured, the tire is still somewhat soft and squashy. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled awa...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

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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

Removing cured tube from mold. As the tire molds are all-automatic, so...

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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...

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The art of mixing and milling requires skillful judgement and deftness of hand. Part of the secret of these tires lies in the careful training and supervision of these skilled workers. Rubber is flopped and turned over and over again, slashed and bunched in some sports, permitted to run thin in others. Although not sticky to the hand, the rubber instantly bonds to itself when loose end are brought together. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

The art of mixing and milling requires skillful judgement and deftness...

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Firestone Memorial model. View III

Firestone Memorial model. View III

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[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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Harding at Firestone [Edison Camp]

Harding at Firestone [Edison Camp]

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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...

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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...

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The guillotine. Having slid down the trough on the lower left, the bale of raw rubber is now being squeezed against the knife blades on the left under terrific pressure. These blades fan out into eight selections, cut the rubber into eights like an orange divides into sections. General Tires (Firestone), Akron, Ohio

The guillotine. Having slid down the trough on the lower left, the bal...

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Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rubber is forced through this machine and out the opening at the end, which allows an even flow of rubber to make a seamless rubber tube. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rub...

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Removing the finished tire from the tire drum. The inner drum shoes are unlocked after the tire is loosened; They are removed, leaving the tire free to slide right off. Then they are replaced and the next tire is started. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Removing the finished tire from the tire drum. The inner drum shoes ar...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 and materials after the atomic welding machine has brought the two halves of the cylinder together and made into one unit. The operator, looking through a specially designed dark safety glass, rotates the shell by sight to insure a perfect and uniform union of the two halves. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

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

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Firestone Memorial model. View I

Firestone Memorial model. View I

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Firestone Country Club This beautiful course, one of the most challenging in the world, is the home of the American Golf Classic, the World Series of Golf, and was the site of the 1960 National P.G.A. Tournament. Located approximately two miles south of Akron, Ohio, this club is maintained by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company for its employees.

Firestone Country Club This beautiful course, one of the most challeng...

Photograph shows two female golfers waiting for male golfer to hit his ball out of sand trap in front of club house.

H.S. Firestone, 2/24/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

H.S. Firestone, 2/24/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Storage racks for unshaped carcasses. Awaiting the shaping machine, these "finished" carcasses are hung on opened racks, on which they slide easily on and off. Although these carcasses do not look much like tires, they are only two steps away from final completion. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Storage racks for unshaped carcasses. Awaiting the shaping machine, th...

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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...

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The woman's touch is final. Double-checked after painting, finished tires pass before this woman to make sure they are perfect, that the sidewall markings are correct and clear. Firestone(General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

The woman's touch is final. Double-checked after painting, finished ti...

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President Roosevelt's Liberian visit. President Roosevelt is welcomed to the Firestone rubber plantation during his inspection trip to the Republic of Liberia

President Roosevelt's Liberian visit. President Roosevelt is welcomed ...

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Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Greene County, MO

Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Gree...

Significance: A Commercial style concrete box with Mission Revival parapet detailing, this early commercial building was the first in what would be a series of commercial structures along the 800-900 blocks of ... More

Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Greene County, MO

Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Gree...

Significance: A Commercial style concrete box with Mission Revival parapet detailing, this early commercial building was the first in what would be a series of commercial structures along the 800-900 blocks of ... More

Claxton, Miss Butterfield, & Firestone

Claxton, Miss Butterfield, & Firestone

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[Thomas Edison. Firestone camp]

[Thomas Edison. Firestone camp]

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[Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone assisting two chefs by peeling potatos at a Ford-Edison camping trip]

[Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone assisting two chefs by peeling potato...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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Placing the raw tube in the curing mold. This tire worker gives the tubes the same treatment his co-workers give tires; They are cured in a watch-case mold for the required length of time at the proper heat. Naturally tubes take less time than tires because they are single thickness. They are their own "airbags" and are cured inside and out by having live steam forced through them during the cooking process. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Placing the raw tube in the curing mold. This tire worker gives the tu...

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Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a big Midwest recovery plant where junked rubber is prepared for processing into thousands of essential products. In many of these products reclaimed material serves better than raw rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a b...

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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

Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draw...

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Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve of the tire, shaping and pressing on the new layer. This saucer is matched by another on the far side of the tire which works on the other side at the same time, assuring perfect balance of the finished tire. The saucers may be swiveled in every direction to press the tire at right angles or lightly at a tangent. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve ...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the two-half cylinders are joined together into a complete shatterproof high altitude flying oxygen cylinder on the production line of a huge rubber factory now producing metal essential for the Army, all traces of inside weld scale must be removed to prevent contamination of oxygen. In this process, a special chemical solution is drawn through the cylinder at controlled temperature and all foreign matter is removed. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. The first step in the manufacture of high-altitude-flying shatterproof oxygen cylinders in the metal department of a large rubber factory is the forming or stamping of the shell. Stainless steel sheets are blanked or cut into discs(left foreground). Before stamping, these discs are drawn through rolls where a drawing compound is added to both sides to facilitate the forming of the shell. The 750-ton toggle press, shown above, forms a half cylinder in one powerful stroke. Once the half cylinder is formed, it is trimmed and the value-fitting hole is punched into the spherical dome. A cleaning operation later removes the drawing compound. The cylinder halves are now ready for the various welding operations. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. The firs...

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Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the docks with unidentified individuals]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the doc...

J297233 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 47255. Public domain photograph of a boat, 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 the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sealing and shaping the bead. Each new bead must be sealed into position by this forming tool as well as by use of the solvent-cement compound. Every tire built is the personal achievement of the expert tire builder. Building a larger size truck tire often consumes a full day's work! Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Sealing and shaping the bead. Each new bead must be sealed into positi...

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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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Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos process of reclaiming scrap in a Midwest plant, rubber is forced through a screen by a large worn screw, and bits of metal and fiber are removed. Ropy lengths of rubber, ready for the final refining operation, are extruded. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos pr...

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Shaping the sidewall. Moistening the bead area with a special rubber solvent and cement, the tire builder makes ready to force the overhanging edges down and around to the bead where it will first be anchored, then trimmed. The wheel spins and stops by foot control, leaving both hands free for work upon the tire itself. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Shaping the sidewall. Moistening the bead area with a special rubber s...

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Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Greene County, MO

Shockley Firestone Building, 816 Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Gree...

Significance: A Commercial style concrete box with Mission Revival parapet detailing, this early commercial building was the first in what would be a series of commercial structures along the 800-900 blocks of ... More

Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Firestone & Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

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Firestone receives plaque

Firestone receives plaque

Photograph shows Pete De Paolo presenting Harvey Firestone with a plaque from the Drivers Association in Indianapolis; fellow racecar drivers and crowd observe. CH506043"S".

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...

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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 ...

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Marking point for the valve stem. These tires are so perfectly balanced that the weight of the valve stem is allowed and provided for. This woman attaches a label to the tire at the point where the valve stem should be placed. Balancing a tire was once considered unneccessary, until it was demonstrated that out-of-balance tires cause wheel shimmy, excessive wear and many other tire evils. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Marking point for the valve stem. These tires are so perfectly balance...

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Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained by dissolving and washing away all fibrous materials, passes through a steaming operation. It will then go through the drying, refining and other xylos processes at a big Midwest plant that is recovering large quantities for war essentials. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of bullet-sealing gasoline tanks, eight-foot high bomber tires and huge 3,600-pound earth mover tires. This unit at a large Eastern tire plant is the largest of its kind in the world. It must be thoroughly and constantly inspected as it is in frequent service on war production. Here the inspector is checking the steam and pressure fittings. The mold, when open, stands more than two-and-a-half stories high and weighs over 300,000 pounds. Firestone

Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of...

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Firestone Memorial model. View II

Firestone Memorial model. View II

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[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and others] Firestone camp

[Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and others] Firestone camp

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Firestone & Ford - Public domain image related to music prformance, photograph

Firestone & Ford - Public domain image related to music prformance, ph...

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[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford chopping wood at Firestone camp]

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New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keeper William Blackburn makes friends with two young chimpanzees; recently arrived at the Washington Zoo. The chimps are six months old and were presented by George Siebold of Rockville, Md., now manager of a firestone plantation in Liberia

New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keepe...

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

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted fro...

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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 ...

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Through final inspection. Tires on an endless-crane overhead, swing through the final inspection department and spray paint booth where they are given a preservative coat of special tire paint. The tire-around-the-man is the new military tire--the non-directional. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Through final inspection. Tires on an endless-crane overhead, swing th...

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Seating the valve and seaming the tube. After each tube is snipped off at the proper length, it passes to this worker who places the open and over a sleeve, and forces the valve into position right in the center of reinforcing patch. This makes doubly sure that the tube is absolutely leak-proof. When this is done, the cube can be seamed shut--the operation which is taking place here. The two ends are butted together, the sticky rubber is bonded together under pressure, and passed on to the curing molds for vulcanizing. Firestone (General), Akron, Ohio

Seating the valve and seaming the tube. After each tube is snipped off...

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