Worker removing tire, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory
View of a man removing a tire at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory in Akron, Ohio. Label on back: "Firestone News Service. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. 1200 Firestone Parkway, Akron 17, Ohio, Hemlock 4-1671. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 356, New York, Longacre 3-6100, 2525 Firestone Boulevard, Los Angeles 54, California, Ludlow 3-4411, 26 East 16th Street, Chicago, Illinois, Wabash 2-1515. 61-1021. Akron, Ohio. One of the famous Firestone non-skid tires, first angular tread tire to provide motorists with non-skid protection, comes out of a mold at the Firestone plant. An employee of the company's plant 2, in Akron, removes a 30 x 3 tire which will help meet the needs of owners of antique automobiles." Handwritten on back: "Factories--Firestone."
- Resource ID:
- na034496
- Subject:
- Automobiles--Tires
- Automobile industry workers--Ohio--Akron
- Factories--Ohio--Akron
- Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Factories--Firestone Tire
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.