Worker applying semi-cured tread to tire, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory

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Description

View of a man applying semi-cured tread to a tire at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory. Handwritten on back: "The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Worker applies semi-cured tread to body of tire partially cured, preparatory to wrapping for final curing, method used in early 1900s. Factories--Firestone Tire Co."

Details

Resource ID:: na034495
Subject:: Automobiles--Tires; Automobile industry workers; Factories; 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.