Image

Description

Black and white photo of adult operating tire fabric machinery. Photo also found in the March 1968 issue of the Firestone News.; Transcription: Statement from Firestone News Service attached to back of photograph:Bowling Green,Ky--Production of tire fabric at the new plant of the Firestone Synthetic Fibers and Textiles has begun. In this photo, Jesse Liles operates the loom which weaves cord into fabric. The huge rolls of fabric then are shipped to tire plants of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company where the fabric becomes a vital part of every tire.

Details

Title Operating Draper Loom
Date (Text) 1968
Date 1968
Geographic Coverage Bowling Green (Ky.)
Warren County (Ky.)
Subject (Topic) Textile industry--North Carolina.
Tire industry--North Carolina.
Subject (Images)
Subject (Name)
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/
Contributing Institution
Contact Information For questions about this item, please contact the Digital Heritage Center at digitalnc@unc.edu.
Digital Collection Images of North Carolina

Files

Comments

Statistics

from
to
Export
Download Full History
Download
Formats
Format
BibTeX
MARCXML
TextMARC
MARC
DublinCore
EndNote
NLM
RefWorks
RIS
Add to Basket