Special Collections at the Henry Madden Library

Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building with Firestone Singing Color Fountain in Foreground. A Century of Progress

Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building at A Century of Progress, Chicago, contains a complete production lineof the most modern and efficient tire-making machinery in the world. Here Firestone Gum-

Upper Court - Hall of Science

Abraham Lincoln's Nebraska Home

Hall of Religion

Shedd Aquarium

23rd Street Bridge and Shops

Wings of a Century

Oriental Village

Time and Fortune Building at the Century of Progress

Owens-Illinois Glass Block Building

This is the first full-sized structure built of glass block, recently perfected by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio. One hundred feet long and sixty feet wide with a gloriously colorful

Multi-colored Pylons at the Entrance to the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building, A Century of Progress

Removing Firestone gum-dipped tire from automatic curing modl in Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building, A Century in Progress

After all the component parts of the tire have been assembled - high-stretch Gum-Dipped cords - plies - beads - two Extra Gum-Dipped Cord Plies under the Tread - and the Tread-Rubber itself - the tire

The Firestone Singing Color Fountain and Multi-Plane Shadow Sign. Only Installations of their Kind in the World, A Century of Progress

Beneath the misty fountain domes is a battery of colored lights. As the music fills the garden, the varying wave lengths come in contact with delicate mechanism, which connects the colored lights. The

The Firestone Patented Gum Dipping Process in the Fireston Factory and Exhibition Building, A Century of Progress

By this process, eight extra pounds of rubber are added to every one hundred pounds of high-stretch cord, coating every fiber in every cord. This is an extra process for Safety, Strength, and Durabili

The Dinosaur - Sinclair Exhibit

The Swedish Pavilion

Murals - General Electric Company

Electrical Building - Full Illumination

Hall of Science and Electrical Group from Skyride

Lagoon and Island from the Skyride