Working on a tire at a finishing stand

Title

Working on a tire at a finishing stand

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

Workers are applying the special rubber stripe which will be the sidewall of the cord tire. This sidewall rubber was made by a special machine at the plant. When the sidewalls were built up, the tires were now ready to be shipped to the vulcanizing room.

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

FTC08

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC08.jpg

Citation

“Working on a tire at a finishing stand,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 19, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4076.