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[Trade catalogs from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.]

Catalog Data

Company Name:
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Firestone Electric Wheel Co.; Firestone Industrial Products Co.; Firestone Coated Fabrics Co.; Mechanical Rubber Goods Div. ; Firestone Steel Products Co.  Search this
Notes content:
One piece OVERSIZE ; Off the highway truck tires; heavy duty industrial mining service tires; loader-dozer tires; scraper and road builder tires. Airplane tires and accessories: tubes, wheels, brakes, brake lining, wheel-brake parts, batteries, spark plugs, finishes. Tractor and farm implement rims; low pressure tractor tires. Rim and wheel data. Data book for trucks, buses, trailers, passenger cars and industrial vehicles. Tire repair and conservation manual. Company promotional booklets: "Liberia and Firestone;" "How Firestone gum-dipped tires are made;" "Firestone research;" "Rubber;" "Pioneer and pacemaker: The story of Firestone;" "Firestone and your success;" "Firestone: Producing for war, preparing for peace;" "Presentation of Army-Navy Production Award to the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company;" "Firestone opens new horizons in petrochemicals" ; "Visit with the Firestone Organization, Its Men, Its Factory, Its Branches" ; Auto supply catalogs: 1936-1937, 1937, 1937-1938, 1938. Extra value catalogs: 1943-44, 1947. Butaprene synthetic rubber products; velon films and coatings; adhesives; bonded rubber-metal products; durable fabrics. Reservoir roofs, linings and embankment tanks. Vibration dampeners. Rubber grips; pedal pads; furniture guards and bumpers; pneumatic tires for toy vehicles; automobile and industrial bumpers; rubber tubing; etc. Firestone " Airstroke " actuators quick selector movable slide chart. "airstroke" actuators ; "airmount" vibration, shock, noise isolators ; "airide" springs ; stainless steel containers for soft drink industry ; tire maintenance warranty and safety manual
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
100 pieces; 4 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Akron, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Plastics and rubber  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Textiles and textile machinery  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Beverage industry  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Coal  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Distilleries  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Food industry and trade  Search this
Fuel  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Petroleum  Search this
Plastics industry and trade  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Rubber industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_14974
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14974