Worker removing tire, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory
Description:
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."
