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	Search results for 1920 > 1920    Refine your search Subject Tire Industry – Mass... (24) Memorial Day -- Massac... (1) Memorial Day -- Massac... (1) Memorial Day -- Massac... (1) Memorial Day -- Massac... (1) Show more... Creator Gilbert, Russ H (3) results 21-27 of 27 item(s)  page 2 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 21. Worker inspecting tire cord in the cord room Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires A worker carefully looks at tire cord stretched out on the table. This cotton fabric constituted twenty five percent of every cord tire built by the Fisk Tire Company. The durability of a Fisk tire depended... 22. Operating a tire-building machine Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires A worker operates a machine which winds cord around the rim of a metal core. For cord tires, the circumference of the core was smaller than the inside of the tire because these tires expanded when they... 23. Working on a tire at a finishing stand Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires Workers are applying the special rubber stripe which will be the sidewall of the cord tire. This sidewall rubber was made by a special machine at the plant. When the sidewalls were built up, the tires... 24. Tires ready for the vulcanizers in the vulcanizing room Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires Cord tires awaiting vulcanization are dangling from metal hooks attached to pulleys. These pulleys ran on an overhead circular track. Because of this round shape, workers at the Fisk Tire Company referred... 25. Workers placing tires onto a conveyer belt Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires Two workers on each side of a conveyer belt are removing unfinished tires from hooks attached to an overhead track. Each unfinished tire was then placed on the conveyer belt where it traveled to the mold... 26. Charles J. Seaver Seaver, Charles J.; Starzyk Building; City Hall (Chicopee, Mass.); Chicopee Savings Bank; Market Square (Chicopee, Mass.); Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Mr. Seaver is walking westward in downtown Market Square. On the left is the Starzyk Building and on the right is the City Hall clock tower. Mr. Seaver was the treasurer of the Chicopee Savings Bank which... 27. Aldenville Canning Club Aldenville Canning Club; Canning and preserving; Food -- Preservation Members of the club are gathered about their canning exhibit that won several first prizes at area fairs. In the 1920s, the Aldenville section of Chicopee was still partly rural. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 21-27 of 27 item(s)  page 2 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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