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Balloons - R - Type R, Army Kite Balloon. Four of this type in the air at the Flying Field, Akron, Ohio. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co

Balloons - R - Type R, Army Kite Balloon. Four of this type in the air...

Photographer: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Balloons - R Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Field, Akron, Ohio. A number of special type balloons in a hangar

Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Fie...

Photographer: Goodyear Tire & Rubber CO. Balloons - Hangars and Beds Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Miscellaneous - Navy Dirigible. Navy dirigible with 100 H.P. Curtiss motor, at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Field, Akron, Ohio

Balloons - Miscellaneous - Navy Dirigible. Navy dirigible with 100 H.P...

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Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Motored Burgess Car which is standard equipment on 170, 000 cu. Ft. dirigibles being manufactured for Army and Navy by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, O

Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Motored Burgess Car which is standa...

Photographer: Goodyear Tire Co. Akron, O. Balloons - Hangars and Beds Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Field, Akron, Ohio. Five special type balloons ready for flight. The large hangar is directly behind

Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Fl...

Photographer: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Equipment - Fusilage of U.S. Dirigible, or blimp. Photo taken at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Field, Akron, Ohio

Balloons - Equipment - Fusilage of U.S. Dirigible, or blimp. Photo ta...

Photographer: Goodyear Tire & Rubber CO. Balloons - Equipment Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stripping tube on mandrel before sending to cure, Goodyear Tire Factory, Akron, O.

Stripping tube on mandrel before sending to cure, Goodyear Tire Factor...

J298245 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22337. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crude rubber from Brazil being cracked by the rubber-cracking machine, Goodyear Tire Factory, Akron, O.

Crude rubber from Brazil being cracked by the rubber-cracking machine,...

J298720 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22306. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of the Nose of the USS Akron being Attached, ca. 1933

Photograph of the Nose of the USS Akron being Attached, ca. 1933

Original Caption: Photograph of the Nose of the USS Akron being Attached, ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disa... More

Photograph of the USS Akron in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Dock , ca. 1933

Photograph of the USS Akron in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Dock , ca. 1933

Original Caption: Photograph of the USS Akron in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Dock , ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible ... More

Photograph Rising the First Main Frame of a Dirigible, ca. 1933

Photograph Rising the First Main Frame of a Dirigible, ca. 1933

Original Caption: Photograph Rising the First Main Frame of a Dirigible, ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disas... More

U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, ca. 1933

U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, ca....

Original Caption: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters. (1933 - 06/14/1933)..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Inve... More

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the lar...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

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Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

Photograph shows woman ironing. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Among the many young men working at this plant in Ohio, are a group of older craftsmen, veterans such as those whose work with complicated metal stampings is essential to the smooth production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Among the many young men working at thi...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Woman worker in balloon room applies rubber cement to fittings through which hand ropes will be strung around outer circumference of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. The art of the seamstress has a place in the building of these boats, as illustrated here. Worker is stitching various accessories which will be applied to boats in the course of their construction. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. This shot taken through a huge bomber tire shows an attractive rubber company employee with small airplane tire used on some military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. This shot taken through a huge bomber tire ...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Stack of flotation bags made of rubberized fabric inflated for test purposes, preparatory to deflation for insertion in wings of military airplanes. These bags are used to support planes forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Stack of flotation bags made of rubberize...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembl...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a story of conversion, a story of using at once facilities already available while newer facilities are being readied. Formerly an airship dock, this huge building--thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports--is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a st...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Spherical flotation bag used in a famous American bombing plane for protection in event of crash landing at sea. Bags are carried, deflated, in wings and fuselage and may be inflated almost instantly with compressed air contained in cylinders. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Spherical flotation bag used in a famous ...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Woman workers lay out partially-assembled boat preparatory to inflating so that fixtures and other finishing touches may be applied. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in the production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Metal shaping is the job of this worker at a large Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in ...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finishing touches to inflatable flotation bags used to float marine aircraft forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finish...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airplane flotation bag in balloon room. This bag supports plane forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airpl...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Workers in the balloon room apply inflatable tubular guard rail around outer circumference of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. After patterns have been laid out, workmen use electric knives to cut through several pieces simultaneously, much in the same manner employed by tailors in mass production unit factory. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Women workers applying finishing touches to flotation bags used to support airplanes forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Women workers applying finishing touches ...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large airplane tire prior to preparation for shipment. Stack of airplane tires for a famous American fighter are shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large ai...

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers apply preservative waterproof paint to bottom of boat which is nearing completion. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft is carefully balanced on a special machine to guarantee flawless performance in service. Inspector is making final check on airplane tires destined for military service. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft i...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts for airplane sub-assembly assures workers at an Ohio plant that they will not be held up for parts. Here is a portion of the huge storeroom, with a worker piling small sections where they will be available at a moment's notice. Constant inventory is kept. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts f...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Workmen in the balloon room is inserting compressed gas bottle used for inflation of boats in the container preparatory to packing boat for shipment. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. These workers at the huge airship dock, now converted to war production, are preparing dies for insertion in a powerful hydraulic press. Many parts of the aircraft for democracy are stamped out in presses such as these. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. These workers at the huge airship dock,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Coat of rubber cement is applied wherever fixtures are to be attached and method of applying them is quite similar to applying a repair patch to an automobile inner tube. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Closeup of woman worker applying rubberized fabric attachements to inflation valve equipment. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. This balloon room worker is assembling fabric tubes which will comprise inflatable seats in finished boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Closeup photograph shows balloon room worker applying rubber cement to large fabric area which will become the bottom of the boat as assembly progresses. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. These odd pieces will eventually be important units of airplane sub-assembly parts in production at this Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. These odd pieces will eventually be imp...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. When completed, this maze of metal parts will be the stabilizer for a giant patrol plane designed for use by the U.S. Navy. Parts for numerous warplanes are made at this huge plant in Ohio. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. When completed, this maze of metal part...

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Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airplane flotation bag in balloon room. This bag, easily inflated in a hurry, will help support planes forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airpl...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Stacks of boats ready for deflation and packing are shown in the balloon room. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Early step in preparation for manufacture of boats: layout of various patterns on fabric of which the boats are made illustrated in this picture. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Full production, twenty-four hours daily, is the schedule on these control surfaces for Martin bombers as well as for many other aircraft parts being turned out in this huge converted airship dock in Ohio. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Full production, twenty-four hours dail...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop the toughness necessary in the metal for U.S. warcraft. This worker is quenching a metal sheet which has just come from the furnace. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop ...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a story of conversion, a story of using at once facilities already available while newer facilities are being readied. Formerly an airship dock, this huge building--thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports--is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a st...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required to get into the difficult places where rivets must be placed in the modern military airplane. Workers are working on an airplane sub-assembly part in an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers in balloon room. In foreground they are applying seats and accessories to boat while worker in background is applying coat of rubber paint to bottom of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Workman packages airplane tires of type in common use on U.S. military fighter aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Workman packages airplane tires of type in ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This riveter is applying the finishing touches to highly-polished surface of a portion of aircraft sub-assembly at an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This riveter is applying the finishing ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Just to make certain that there are no errors, workers check each step in the preparation of new parts with the blueprints. This worker is gauging part for a new air-craft sub-assembly, and comparing the measurements with the blueprint. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Just to make certain that there are no ...

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Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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Aircraft lifeboat manufacture. Inflatable seven-man boat for use with Uncle Sam's military aircraft is held aloft by women workers. While boat weighs only approximately fifty pounds and takes up but four or five cubic feet, when packed, it may be inflated almost instantly in case of emergency. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft lifeboat manufacture. Inflatable seven-man boat for use with ...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Workmen apply final coating of rubber paint preparatory to deflating boats and packing for shipment. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. High speed production of small parts for airplane sub-assembling is expedited by simultaneous use of the three drills shown. This plant has been converted from its former use as an airship dock. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. High speed production of small parts fo...

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Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raft for military aircraft is applied by balloon room worker with special tools. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raf...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This giant hydraulic press with rubber insert is used to stamp out numerous sub-assembly parts for planes at this huge converted airship dock. These "sub-assembly" parts are put together at the different plants and then sent to the plane plants for inclusion in the finished plane. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This giant hydraulic press with rubber ...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Supervisor instructs employee in the balloon room in one of the production steps in boat manufacture. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Boats are fitted with various pockets for carrying emergency rations and other equipment. This picture shows outer tube of boat completed before bottom has been applied. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. These are aluminum flaps for military aircraft. The workers are in one of the canvas covered shops created in a former airship dock. The shops are enclosed to facilitate heating, since it would be impossible adequately to heat the entire air volume of the building, which approximates 45,000,000 cubic feet. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. These are aluminum flaps for military a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Constant inspection is the order of the plants where Uncle Sam's military machines are being turned out. They've got to measure up, or else--this inspector is checking an airplane part. Plan parts are subcontracted to this huge plant which was formerly an airship dock. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Constant inspection is the order of the...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. There are as many types of flotation bags as there are types of planes. In this picture; small flotation bags for insertion in tips of wings of planes which must fly over water, are shown. These bags can be inflated quickly from compressed air cylinders to support planes forced down at seas. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. There are as many types of flotation bags...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. A flashlight is called into play as these U.S. Navy (USN) inspectors go over every portion of the huge stabilizer just assembled at an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. A flashlight is called into play as the...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is shaping a large piece of aluminum into the desired conture for fitting leading edges of the various control surfaces and outer wings. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is s...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. These inflatable boats are so light that during the process of their construction they may be readily turned over by a single employee as shown in this picture. When work is completed on one side, the boats are turned to permit working on the other. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Pre-shaped pieces of fabric are assembled and cemented, mostly by women workers, on long worktables. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Woman worker in balloon room applies tape to inflatable seat which will become part of emergency life raft for military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Woman worker in balloon room applies...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. This worker is spraying surfaces with a special lacquer to make them glossy and weather-proof. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finishing touches to inflatable flotation bags used to float marine aircraft forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finish...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewing fabric onto movable control surfaces. The section on which he is now working, at this huge Ohio plant, will eventually be part of a U.S. bombing plane. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewin...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large airplane tire prior to preparation for shipment. Stack of airplane tires for a famous American fighter are shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large ai...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts for airplane sub-assembly assures workers at an Ohio plant that they will not be held up for parts. Here is a portion of the huge storeroom, with a worker piling small sections where they will be available at a moment's notice. Constant inventory is kept. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts f...

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Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohio plant is devoted to the manufacture of airplane parts. Working areas are covered with canvas so that they may be individually heated. It is not possible to heat the entire air volume of the building, which approximates 45,000,000 cubic feet. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohi...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Complete ten-man boat with all accessories is packed in waterproof container as shown. Size of package indicates ease with which boats of this type maybe stored or handled in getting them to site where their use is desired. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Scene of this boat manufacturing activity prior to the national emergency was used solely as gymnasium and recreation center for plant employees. The gymnasium is largely owned by the industrial institution. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various parts of flotation bags for military aircraft which, when finished, will be like the huge air container shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various pa...

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War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safegu...

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The Goodyear Company, Akron, Ohio makes use of employee ideas for slogans and suggestions for speeding up production. A suggestion box with convenient racks for forms helps keep workers up-to-date with the war production drive

The Goodyear Company, Akron, Ohio makes use of employee ideas for slog...

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Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive. Standing, is shown presenting the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson, Joseph H. Kautsky, Dodge Plant Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, James A. Merrill, research chemist with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio; Edwin C. Tracy, field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Clinton R. Hanna, research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, and Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture Company

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

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Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, is shown at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winners. James A. Merrill, citation winner, employed by the G...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to right; Stanley Crawford, certificate winner, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; James Merrill, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation of Rockford, Illinois; Joseph H. Kautsky, Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB); Madison E. Butler, citation winner, of Strongberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, Rochester, New York; and Herbert A. James, certificate winner, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown with the group left to ...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A. Merrill, an employee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Citation winners. President Roosevelt, awarding a citation to James A....

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akron airship dock hangar with goodyear zeppelin signage

akron airship dock hangar with goodyear zeppelin signage

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Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

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