Harvey Firestone with Sons Leonard and Raymond, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1936
THF124789 / Harvey Firestone with Sons Leonard and Raymond, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1936
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Artifact Overview
Harvey Firestone stands with two of his sons in this informal family portrait taken on the Firestone family farm near Columbiana, Ohio. Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1900 and quickly became one of America's greatest industrial leaders. He remained dedicated to agriculture, revolutionizing farm equipment with the introduction of the first pneumatic tractor tire in 1932.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1936
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
83.1.281
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.375 in
Width: 9.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back of image: Columbiana- Summer 1936
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