Worker inspecting tire cord in the cord room

Title

Worker inspecting tire cord in the cord room

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

A worker carefully looks at tire cord stretched out on the table. This cotton fabric constituted twenty five percent of every cord tire built by the Fisk Tire Company. The durability of a Fisk tire depended on the careful handling of the fabric by their workers.

Date

[ca. 1920]

Contributor

Edward Bellamy Memorial Association

Is Part Of

The Fisk Tire Company collection at the Edward Bellamy Memorial Association, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Language

English

Coverage

Massachusetts--Hampden (county)--Chicopee

Identifier

FTC06

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC06.jpg

Citation

“Worker inspecting tire cord in the cord room,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 18, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4074.