Herb
"Pull that tighter, it's gotta be a 30 x 3, not a 32 x 5!"
How dark and dismal those old shops appear to be. Each man has a light fixture hanging above his head at his work station, and thats about all there is. The scene is well illuminated by the photographer, but without that it would be pretty dark in there.
If you notice the light bulbs aren't lit. The walls and ceiling were most likely white, which would reflect the light very well.
My dad often said that after reading by kerosene lamps for years, when TVA got them electricty a 40 watt bulb was blinding!
Man! Doin' that operation in the foreground must get pretty old after 8 hours!
Herb, how did you know these were goodyears? I have a goodyear man here in my neighborhood, and I know he will ask me that.
Same question as John. Same reason too.
The same photo appeared in the American Machinist July 29 1909. Another photo in the same series is captioned "A machine made automobile tire. Rolling layers into place. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, O." They didn't have the 218-50 catalog number on them. Don't know where Herbs came from but probably had a similar caption.
Rich