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1939 NY World's Fair - Firestone
The Transportation Zone (Zone 6)
1939 New York World's Fair
Firestone
Designer: James Gambrel Rogers
Firestone at night From the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
Firestone - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society - wf-008r
Firestone - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society - wf-010r
An actual life-size farm, complete with farm hands and animals, was one of two main attractions at the Firestone Rubber exhibit. It demonstrated how American farmers had benefited from air-filled or pneumatic tires on virtually every piece of wheeled farm equipment.
The second attraction was a working tire manufacturing plant. Everything from harvesting rubber, the processes used, and the final molding of the tire was demonstrated. Visitors were able to purchase tires if they so desired.
Firestone - Photo 073
Firestone Huts - (1940) - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society - wf-011r