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Making a Tire
October 19, 1944
Bill Mcnair rolls the tread onto a tire as two other men look on at the Rubber Company's Gillette Tire Plant.
Tire Vacuum Expander
October 19, 1944
Seven men pose together as the first raw tire at the Gillette Tire Plant is put into a vacuum expander.
Veteran Tire Builder
October 19, 1944
Veteran tire builder Bill McNair works on a pocket while constructing a heavy service truck tire. Two men wearing suits and hats stand in the left background.
Building a Tire
October 19, 1944
Severin Gullickson applies a circumferential wrap to a wire bead while building a tire at Gillette Tire Plant.
Raw Tire in the Mold
October 19, 1944
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 Kunz, R.F. McSorley, and F.I. Hagman.
First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant
October 21, 1944
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 Company's Board of Directors), factory ma...
