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- Collection: Fisk Tire Company Photographs
Main mill building of the Fisk Tire CompanyThis five-story building was the main production facility of the tire company. Founded in 1896, as one building and known as the Spalding & Pepper…
Management of Fisk Tire CompanyThe managers of the Fisk Tire Company are seated at a table with their secretary to the right. Meetings were held in the administration building which…
Workers cutting and weighing processed rubberTwo workers with large knives are cutting bundled sheets of rubber. On the left the worker is carefully looking at his scale in order to determine the…
Rolls of cord stacked in a storage areaTire cord wound on spools is piled in a bin. This cord made from a specially designed fabric was used in the manufacture of tires. In the 1920's three…
Cutting tire cord on a tableA worker is cutting a length of cord at an angle or on the bias. Tire cord had to be cut at a 45 degree angle because the fabric threads were woven at…
Worker inspecting tire cord in the cord roomA 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…
Operating a tire-building machineA worker operates a machine which winds cord around the rim of a metal core. For cord tires, the circumference of the core was smaller than the inside…
Working on a tire at a finishing standWorkers 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…
Tires ready for the vulcanizers in the vulcanizing roomCord tires awaiting vulcanization are dangling from metal hooks attached to pulleys. These pulleys ran on an overhead circular track. Because of this…
Workers placing tires onto a conveyer beltTwo workers on each side of a conveyor belt are removing unfinished tires from hooks attached to an overhead track. Each unfinished tire was then…
Safety bulletin describing a recent accident at the Chicopee plant of the Fisk Tire CompanyInside the safety bulletin case, management of the plant has placed a poster which shows and describes how a worker injured his finger while placing…
Placing the unvulcanized tire in the moldA group of workers standing on each side of a conveyer lower the top half of a mold over an unfinished tire which has been placed by other workers…
Removing the harness attached to the upper half of the moldTwo workers standing on opposite sides of the conveyer remove the harness which was used to lower the upper mold onto a tire encased by a bottom mold.…
Generators from the Farrel Foundry and Machine CompanyWorkers near the conveyer wait for tires in molds which are destined for the vulcanizers on their right. As these molds arrive, these workers will…
Tires arriving by conveyer near the vulcanizersWorkers near the conveyer wait for tires in molds which are destined for the vulcanizers on their right. As these molds arrive, these workers will…
Filling the vulcanizer with the moldsA worker presses his hand on a stack of molds while he waits for the cover to be lowered onto the vulcanizer. When the cover is secure, heat and steam…
Tire with a partially fitted inner tubeA tire with a visible inner tube leans against a stack of nearby tires. The invention of the pneumatic tire, i.e., a vulcanized tire with an…
Tire inspection before wrappingTwo workers in the shipping department are inspecting finished tires which they are holding upright on a table. Nearby on wooden pallets, tires of…
Finished tires on the wrapping machineFour wrapped tires are sitting atop the wrapping machine. Because Fisk Tire Company had retail stores in forty states, tires were wrapped before they…
Wrapping tires for delivery to customersTwo employees are working on a machine which wraps finished tires. To their left a stack of tires is waiting to be wrapped. On the right Fisk non-skid…
Private emergency hospital at the Chicopee Falls plantInside the emergency hospital at the plant, there are counters with medical supplies against the back wall. Two sinks stand on each side of these…
Doctor and nurse attending to a worker at the emergency hospitalThe company doctor is treating a hand injury of an employee while the nurse assists him. The management of the Fisk Tire Company were proud that their…
Safety bulletin at the Fisk Tire Company warning about infectionsThe safety bulletin in the display case has the following slogan on top: Safety saves sickness, suffering, sadness. On the bottom, it shows a series…
Inspecting tires which are ready for shipmentTwo workers from the shipping department of the Fisk Tire Company inspect tires before they are put into the warehouse storage area. On the right,…
Trucks parked at the loading dock of the shipping departmentTen trucks parked at the loading dock are getting ready to make shipments of finished tires. These tires will be delivered to dealers and the 130…