Building Up an Automobile Tire in Rubber Plant, Akron, Ohio, circa 1900

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Artifact Overview

Tires were built on cylindrical drums. Plies were layered on the drum one at a time, and beads were added to the sides, to create what was called a carcass. The carcass was then removed from the drum and shaped in a tire mold. This stereograph shows part of the process at a tire factory in Akron, Ohio, about 1900.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Subject Date

circa 1900

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

92.0.173.40

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.625 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

front, right side: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers front, top: 90 front, left side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England front, bottom: 22058 Building UP an Automobile Tire in Rubber / Plant, Akron, Ohio.
Building Up an Automobile Tire in Rubber Plant, Akron, Ohio, circa 1900