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Title
Firestone
Tire
&
Rubber
Company
Women
Employees
Making
Sparkplugs
Photographs
Subject
Transportation
Business and Labor
Ohio Women
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Factories
Place
Akron (Ohio)
Summit County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
of
women
workers
making
sparkplugs
at the
Firestone
Tire
&
Rubber
Company
in
Akron
,
Ohio
was
taken
around
1930
.
It
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
.
Harvey
S
.
Firestone
(1868-1938)
was
born
in
rural
Columbiana
County
,
Ohio
and
incorporated
Firestone
Tire
&
Rubber
Company
in
Akron
,
Ohio
in
1900
.
Five
years
earlier
,
Firestone
met
automobile
maker
Henry
Ford
while
Firestone
was
working
as an
agent
for the
Columbus
Buggy
Company
.
Firestone
convinced
Ford
that the
bicycle
tires
he was
using
would not be
sufficient
for
automobiles
and
began
working
on a
new
tire
. The
company
started
with
twelve
employees
and
quickly
grew
. In
1916
,
Firestone
introduced
the
eight-hour
day
to the
Akron
factory
and
received
a
reputation
for
fair
treatment
of
employees
through
stock
offerings
,
free
life
insurance
, and
access
to the
Firestone
Club
House
recreation
center
. In
1936
,
striking
workers
at
Firestone
were
among
the
first
to
practice
the
sit-down
strike
,
refusing
to
leave
their
positions
. The
tactic
,
which
prevented
scabs
(replacement
workers)
and
violence
,
led
Firestone
to
back
down
on
proposed
wage
cuts
.
Between
1923
and
1948
,
every
winner
of the
Indianapolis
500
used
Firestone
tires
on their
cars
. In
1988
Bridgestone
purchased
the
Firestone
Tire
&
Rubber
Company
and
became
Bridgestone/Firestone
,
Inc
. The
company
moved
its
headquarters
from
Akron
to
Nashville
in
1992
.
Creator
United States. Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
1930
-
1940
circa
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Format
picture
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
Om3164_3780160_001.tif
Image Height
1973
Image Width
2460
File Size
330.941 KB
Date created
2009-01-07
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