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First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant

Date: 10 21 1944
Description: The first tire to be cured in the Gillette Tire Plant is removed from the mold. From left to right are F.B. Davis Jr. (Chairman of the United States Rubber...
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Raw Tire in the Mold

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: The first raw tire is placed in a mold at Gillette Tire Plant. From left to right are R.L. Chatterson, Julius Berkley, A.B. Smith, M.O. Wick, J.W. Harry Ku...
Photograph

Making a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Bill Mcnair rolls the tread onto a tire as two other men look on at the Rubber Company's Gillette Tire Plant.
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Building a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Severin Gullickson applies a circumferential wrap to a wire bead while building a tire at Gillette Tire Plant.
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Cutting Rubber

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Elevated view of Tom Ellington cutting rubber from a roll to make a tire at the Gillette Tire Plant.
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Stitching a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Tire builder Bill McNair stitches the side walls of a heavy service truck tire at the Gillette Tire Plant as men in suits watch.
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Attaching Tread to Tire

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Tire builder Arnold Brandt rolls the tread onto a heavy service truck tire.
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Tire Builder Rose LeDue

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Rode LeDue builds an 8.25/20 pocket for use in a heavy service tire.
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1964
Description: An aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
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Women Tire Builders

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Women work in a row on machinery building tires.
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Tire Builder

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: A tire builder at work.
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Tire Building Machines

Date: 08 18 1944
Description: Elevated view of a long row of heavy service tire building machines waiting to be installed in the Gillette Tire Plant.
Print

Northwestern Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Northwestern Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Lath Shingles & Pickets," with two men in the woods, one poised with a...
Print

Porters Mills Post Office Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Post Office in Porters Mills, Wisconsin, with a man putting mail into post office boxes, a padlocked mail bag that serves as a signboard ...
Photograph

Farmers Delivering Corn

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of farmers bringing corn to the Lange Canning Co. plant. View looking west, from the west end of the old Madison Street bridge.
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Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Hotel dining room, probably at the Galloway House.
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Lieutenant Burnett Demarest

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C...
Postcard

Log Jam in Dells Pond

Date: 1910
Description: A colored photographic postcard view of a large log jam in the Dells Pond at Eau Claire. There are "booms" and several men standing on logs. Caption reads:...
Postcard

Little Niagara River

Date: 1907
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Little Niagara River and wooded shoreline. Caption reads: "Eau Claire, Wis." at the top, and at the botto...
Postcard

Eau Claire High School

Date: 1910
Description: Eau Claire High School building at the intersection of two streets. Ornate brick and stone building with turrets and spires. Caption reads: "Eau Claire Hig...

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