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Black and white photo of 2 adults at loom inside Firestone plant. Photo also found in the February 1969 issue of the Firestone News.
Transcription: Notice attached to back of photograph: SPIDER WEB--Resembling a newly spun web is this high-speed loom which twists strands of yarn into tire cord at the Firestone Synthetic Fibers and Textiles Company plant at Bowling Green, Ky. Almost two miles of cord is used in the average four-ply Firestone tire.

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Title Operating Tire Cord Loom
Date (Text) 1969
Date 1969
Geographic Coverage Bowling Green (Ky.)
Warren County (Ky.)
Subject (Topic) Textile industry--North Carolina.
Tire industry--North Carolina.
Subject (Images)
Type Image
Format Photographs
Digital Exhibit Loray Digital Archive
Collection in Repository Elmer W. Passmore Collection
Standard Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Contact Information For questions about this item, please contact the Digital Heritage Center at digitalnc@unc.edu.
Digital Collection Images of North Carolina

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