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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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Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive. Standing, is shown presenting the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson, Joseph H. Kautsky, Dodge Plant Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, James A. Merrill, research chemist with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio; Edwin C. Tracy, field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Clinton R. Hanna, research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, and Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture Company

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of the zipper-covered "manhole" in the nose of a gigantic barrage balloon, this worker has finished patching, touching up and checking the great bag, and is ready to give the signal to deflate the balloon, pack it and ship it to Uncle Sam's army training fields where balloon squadrons are learning the technique of handling the blimp-sized gas bags. This ship is of the ballonet type. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of th...

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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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Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This barrage balloon builder has come to the company's storehouse to obtain more reinforcing tape to fasten the seams of a barrage balloon. Small, but vital to production, every piece of material must pass over this counter and be recorded before issuance. The storekeeper is the only man who knows the secret formula for mixing the rubber cement combination which works most effectively in making air-tight seams. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This ...

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Powerhouse, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Powerhouse, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocke...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is a vital part of barrage balloon manufacture, and requires unusual skill to make ropes lie smoothly, pull uniformly, avoid chafing the fabric, or bunching after the balloon is fully inflated. An early step in the work is shown here, in which the rope is frayed out into its many strands, which are then cemented into fabric "fingers" for greatest holding power. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to right; Stanley Crawford, certificate winner, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; James Merrill, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation of Rockford, Illinois; Joseph H. Kautsky, Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB); Madison E. Butler, citation winner, of Strongberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, Rochester, New York; and Herbert A. James, certificate winner, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to ...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns ...

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Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve", this worker stands inside the "manhole" of a new barrage balloon to guide the sleeve into the opening through which it will pump air to test the giant rubber balloon for leaks. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to right; Stanley Crawford, certificate winner, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; James Merrill, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation of Rockford, Illinois; Joseph H. Kautsky, Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB); Madison E. Butler, citation winner, of Strongberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, Rochester, New York; and Herbert A. James, certificate winner, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to ...

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

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Tugging a finished half of a barrage balloon into position for joining with the other half. These workers have come to the final assembly step in producing barrage balloons for American air defense. Four steps in final production are shown in this photo: the half-balloon they are dragging in; the nose of a ship on the right which is in the process of being deflated for packing and shipping; and the inflated balloon in the background which is being inspected for final okay before being shipped. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Tugging a finished half of a barrage ball...

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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.

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. John and his colleagues. Silhouetted against the spiderweb pattern of the inside of a great barrage balloon, this supervisor watches "balloon tailors" at work on an inside seam. The area in the picture will be filled with helium in service. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. John and his colleagues. Silhouetted agai...

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

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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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.

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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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Paul S. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today that while his firm recognized "outside unions" it kept an elaborate "company union" which is known as the "the industrial assembly", and it comprises an assembly and Senate, much as the state legislature. Acting in a capacity similar to a state Governor, the manager has power to disapprove assembly actions, he added

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Pau...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballone...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Final patching and tying. Men in the fore...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers are preparing a reinforced band which will be attached longitudinally around the barrage balloon. This band carries most of the rigging by which the balloon is controlled from the ground. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers a...

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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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

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

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

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Water Tower, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Water Tower, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohock...

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Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella Morgan, of Gadsen, Ala., told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today how she was discharged from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant in Gadsen. Ala., because she was active in the local union, she was given an "honorable discharge" and two weeks extra pay, she said. Because four other girls in the plant not in her Department, declared they would not work in the organization with her

Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella...

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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

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...

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Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive. Standing, is shown presenting the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson, Joseph H. Kautsky, Dodge Plant Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, James A. Merrill, research chemist with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio; Edwin C. Tracy, field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Clinton R. Hanna, research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, and Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture Company

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

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. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing like race horses galloping down each side of a long strip of barrage balloon fabric, the worker with the scissors apparently finishing ahead of the fellow with the electric fabric cutter. Actually the scissors are not used for cutting, but for "touch up clipping" only, since the power cutter is so much faster. After these men have cut the patterns, the pieces are sent to "seamers" who assemble the individual pattern pieces into strips of "gores," which in turn are assembled into completed barrage balloons. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing l...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard Swires instructs a worker at barrage balloon department in the technique of folding fabric patterns to make efficient use of all working space. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard S...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on both surfaces which are to be fastened together, these workers assemble individual pattern pieces into strips or "gores" for barrage balloons being made for army balloon corps. By an ingenious arrangement of folds, strips nearly a hundred feet long can be handled by each worker on the table in front of him. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing the fins of a fish-of-the-air. These workers at the barrage balloon division, are putting double reinforcements on the right fin of a completed barrage balloon before it is deflated and sent to army training camps Every seam must be absolutely gas- and air-tight, since the tiniest pinhole would permit valuable amounts of precious helium to escape. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing the fins of a fish-of-the-air...

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. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes ...

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

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

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's electric cutter--a speedup suggestion from one of the young workers--these workers slice through several thicknesses of rubber fabric as they cut the patterns for the strips and "gores" for making barrage balloons. Marked, cut, assembled and seamed on long tables, the strips are taken from the tables to the assembly floor to be fashioned into a gigantic gas balloon for the protection of our cities. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's elec...

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

Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A. Merrill, an employee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A....

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Spider and the flies. Putting last touches on a completed barrage balloon are these workers and their supervisor (standing). To inspect the bag for leaks, the light inside is turned off, leaving the workers in a midnight gloom. Then a co-worker on the outside takes a bright light, and works along the length of the entire balloon, back and forth, until he has covered every inch. The tiniest pinhole shines forth like a bright star in the sky, and these alert inspectors spot it and repair it. Cloth moccasins are worn inside the bag, or else stocking feet--to avoid chafing the fabric. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Spider and the flies. Putting last touche...

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Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, is shown at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the G...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Climbing out of the manhole. This opening provides a human escape for the worker who has been inside the balloon checking it for leaks. Next to him is the inflation sleeve through which air is pumped into the bag to inflate it for inspection. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Climbing out of the manhole. This opening...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Final patching and tying. Men in the fore...

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

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This barrage balloon builder has come to the company's storehouse to obtain more reinforcing tape to fasten the seams of a barrage balloon. Small, but vital to production, every piece of material must pass over this counter and be recorded before issuance. The storekeeper is the only man who knows the secret formula for mixing the rubber cement combination which works most effectively in making air-tight seams. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This ...

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. Reinforcing the fins of a fish-of-the-air. These workers at the barrage balloon division, are putting double reinforcements on the right fin of a completed barrage balloon before it is deflated and sent to army training camps Every seam must be absolutely gas- and air-tight, since the tiniest pinhole would permit valuable amounts of precious helium to escape. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing the fins of a fish-of-the-air...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A. Merrill, an employee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A....

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's electric cutter--a speedup suggestion from one of the young workers--these workers slice through several thicknesses of rubber fabric as they cut the patterns for the strips and "gores" for making barrage balloons. Marked, cut, assembled and seamed on long tables, the strips are taken from the tables to the assembly floor to be fashioned into a gigantic gas balloon for the protection of our cities. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rubber tailor shop. Using a tailor's elec...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers are preparing a reinforced band which will be attached longitudinally around the barrage balloon. This band carries most of the rigging by which the balloon is controlled from the ground. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers a...

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

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Lee Tire & Rubber Company, Plant, 1100 Hector Avenue, Conshohocken, Mo...

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

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

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns ...

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

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Paul S. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today that while his firm recognized "outside unions" it kept an elaborate "company union" which is known as the "the industrial assembly", and it comprises an assembly and Senate, much as the state legislature. Acting in a capacity similar to a state Governor, the manager has power to disapprove assembly actions, he added

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Pau...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. D... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on both surfaces which are to be fastened together, these workers assemble individual pattern pieces into strips or "gores" for barrage balloons being made for army balloon corps. By an ingenious arrangement of folds, strips nearly a hundred feet long can be handled by each worker on the table in front of him. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on...

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. Assembling the balloon. These workers are ready to fasten one-half of a barrage balloon to the other half--the final major step in the assembly of the huge balloon. After this is done, all accessories, ropes and rigging will have to be added before the balloon can be tested, finally inspected, packed and shipped to Uncle Sam. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Assembling the balloon. These workers are...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker is a fabric cementer busy applying a rigging patch to the side of a new barrage balloon. Although the fabric looks mussed at the moment, it will be stretched tight and smooth when the new piece of fabric is added. Seams are triple protected against leaks, folded over, cement-welded, taped on both sides with overlapping rubber adhesive tape. Such seams will never pull apart under pressure. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballone...

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. John and his colleagues. Silhouetted against the spiderweb pattern of the inside of a great barrage balloon, this supervisor watches "balloon tailors" at work on an inside seam. The area in the picture will be filled with helium in service. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. John and his colleagues. Silhouetted agai...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard Swires instructs a worker at barrage balloon department in the technique of folding fabric patterns to make efficient use of all working space. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Folding instructions. Supervisor Howard S...

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...

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

Little Steel fact-finding panel. Little Steel fact-finding panel at final meeting makes ready report to War Labor Board. Left to right, seated at head of table: Richard T. Franksteen, Director of Aircraft, United Automobile Workers, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO), representing labor; Arthur S. Meyer, Chairman, New York State Mediation Board, representing the public; Cyrus Ching, Vice-President, U.S. Rubber Company, representing industry; and Sydney A. Wolff, New York attorney, specially appointed assistant

Little Steel fact-finding panel. Little Steel fact-finding panel at fi...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker is a fabric cementer busy applying a rigging patch to the side of a new barrage balloon. Although the fabric looks mussed at the moment, it will be stretched tight and smooth when the new piece of fabric is added. Seams are triple protected against leaks, folded over, cement-welded, taped on both sides with overlapping rubber adhesive tape. Such seams will never pull apart under pressure. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker...

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