Abstract
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: A Photographic History, 1898-1951 visually chronicles the rich and fascinating history of the largest and most influential tire and rubber company in the world, from its founding in 1898 until shortly after the start of the Cold War. It highlights many of the important products that helped make Goodyear a household name and Akron, Ohio the “Rubber Capital of the World:” tires that shod winning race cars in the first Indy 500s; blimps that advertised the Goodyear brand; figure balloons that graced the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades; conveyors used to build major engineering projects in this country; and balloons and airplane components that were critical assets in both world wars. The volume features nearly 200 rare and visually stunning historic photographs from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Collection at The University of Akron Archival Services--many of which have never been published before—that have been meticulously reviewed, selected, and researched by head archivist Victor Fleischer to provide descriptive captions and a readable, authoritative narrative to tell the fascinating stories behind the products.
Keywords
- Rubber,
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2020
Publisher
The University of Akron Press
Series
Ohio History & Culture
ISBN
978-1629220-46-8
Citation Information
S. Victor Fleischer. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: A Photographic History, 1898-1951. Akron(2020) p. 1 - 268 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/svictor-fleischer/8/