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Title
Benjamin
F
.
Goodrich
portrait
Subject
Rubber industry and trade -- Ohio
Inventors -- Ohio
Akron (Ohio)
Time Period
1880s
Place
Akron (Ohio)
Summit County (Ohio)
Description
Photograph
of a
painting
depicting
Benjamin
F
.
Goodrich
.
Goodrich
(1841-1888)
helped
make
Akron
,
Ohio
, the "
Rubber
Capital
of the
World
"
during
the
late
1800s
.
Before
becoming
involved
in the
rubber
industry
,
Goodrich
attended
Cleveland
Medical
College
(modern-day
Case
Western
Reserve
School
of
Medicine)
where
he
specialized
in
surgery
.
Following
the
Civil
War
,
Goodrich
left
medicine
and
became
involved
in
other
pursuits
,
including
working
in
some
of
Pennsylvania's
oilfields
and, in
1867
,
opening
a
real
estate
office
in
New
York
City
. He
became
involved
in the
rubber
industry
in
1869
,
soon
becoming
the
largest
stockholder
in the
Hudson
River
Rubber
Company
in
New
York
.
Goodrich
faced
stiff
competition
from
numerous
other
rubber
producers
and
decided
to
move
his
business
to
Akron
.
Local
residents
had
collected
13,600
dollars
to
encourage
Goodrich
to
move
his
plant
from
New
York
to
Akron
. At this
time
,
no
other
rubber
manufacturers
existed
west
of the
Appalachian
Mountains
.
Goodrich
hoped
to
dominate
the
rubber
industry
in the
Midwest
and in the
Far
West
. He
opened
his
Akron
plant
, the
Akron
Rubber
Works
, in
March
1871
.
Goodrich
first
employed
twenty
workers
. The
plant
made
numerous
items
but
focused
on
fire
hoses
that would not
burst
under
pressure
. The
company
,
which
became
known
as the
B.F
.
Goodrich
Company
,
grew
slowly
during
the
1870s
,
nearly
going
bankrupt
twice
, but the
business
gained
momentum
during
the
1880s
and
1890s
. In
1888
, an
Irish
veterinarian
invented
the
pneumatic
tire
out
of
rubber
. A
pneumatic
tire
is
one
that
is
filled
with
air
.
It
became
very
popular
among
bicyclists
,
providing
the
rider
with a
much
smoother
ride
. With the
invention
of the
automobile
,
demands
for
tires
skyrocketed
. The
first
tires
were
solid
rubber
, but the
B.F
.
Goodrich
Company
quickly
developed
a
pneumatic
tire
suitable
for
cars
. By
1892
,
four
years
after
B.F
.
Goodrich's
death
, the
company
employed
four
hundred
workers
and
sold
more
than
1.4
million
dollars
worth
of
products
.
Date of Original
ca.
1880
Collection
B
.
F
.
Goodrich
Collection
Source
SC
2914
Format
Picture
;
Photographic
Print
(Black
and
White)
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL03307.tif
Image Height
1888
Image Width
1888
File Size
5289380 Bytes
Notes
Not
online
.
Photograph
of
painting
and
location
of
painting
is
unknown.
;
OHS
Negative
Number
:
OHS
3370
;
Portrait
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-04
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