Description: Reverse of photograph reads: "District 5, Summit Co." and "Dist. 6 files" This photograph could be of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Plant, located at 1144 East Market Street, or possibly the B.F. Goodrich Company Plant at 500 South Main Street, both in Akron. The building appears to be 6 stories tall and situated possibly on a river. A clock tower is visible on the left, behind the buildings, and a boat of some kind is blurred by movement on the right. High voltage power lines stretch across the water. More information needed to properly identify this building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_024_1
Subjects: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company--Buildings--Ohio--Akron--1920-1930; B.F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a large machine holding a form which is used to make rubber tires. This is most likely the B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company Plant or the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Plant, both in Akron, Ohio. More information needed. The B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company Plant was located at 500 South Main Street was Akron’s oldest rubber factory and one of the world’s largest, producing more than 30,000 kinds of rubber articles beside automobile tires. Occupying 275 acres, the plant had 116 buildings with 165 acres of floor space. In addition, the Goodrich company operated the Miller rubbery factory on South High Street and several regional plants. The Goodrich plant had its own utilities, waterworks, service departments, hospital, electric transportation system, and a subway. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Plant was located on 1278 South Main Street and covered 10 city blocks, including its subsidiaries: Xylos Rubber Plant, the Firestone Battery Company Plant and the Firestone Steel Products Plant. It was founded in 1900 by Harvey S. Firestone. In addition to tires, this group of factories produces batteries, spark plugs, brake linings, steel wheel drums and rims and a variety of articles requiring adhesion of steel and rubber. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_021_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Rubber industry and trade--Ohio--Equipment and supplies; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a length of rubber moving down a conveyor belt and being fed into a machine with two large rollers, which appear to be grinding or mashing the rubber into a thinner strip. The shift workers names K. C. Dixon and E. Soderstrom appear at the top of the Davis machine in the background. This is most likely the B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company Plant or the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Plant, both in Akron, Ohio. More information needed. The B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company Plant was located at 500 South Main Street was Akron’s oldest rubber factory and one of the world’s largest, producing more than 30,000 kinds of rubber articles beside automobile tires. Occupying 275 acres, the plant had 116 buildings with 165 acres of floor space. In addition, the Goodrich company operated the Miller rubbery factory on South High Street and several regional plants. The Goodrich plant had its own utilities, waterworks, service departments, hospital, electric transportation system, and a subway. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Plant was located on 1278 South Main Street and covered 10 city blocks, including its subsidiaries: Xylos Rubber Plant, the Firestone Battery Company Plant and the Firestone Steel Products Plant. It was founded in 1900 by Harvey S. Firestone. In addition to tires, this group of factories produces batteries, spark plugs, brake linings, steel wheel drums and rims and a variety of articles requiring adhesion of steel and rubber. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_022_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Rubber industry and trade--Ohio--Equipment and supplies; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Firestone spark plug factory production line. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, O." This photo depicts a spark plug production line at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. These workers, mostly women, were likely working as part of the Works Progress Administration project. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_001_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Spark plugs; Rubber industry and trade--Ohio--Equipment and supplies; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)