Removable steel lugs, used in tire manufacture for the first time, keep this airplane tire from skidding on ice, and permit all-weather use of the tire on combat planes. Examining the lugs and the bolts which hold them in place is Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner of the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race and Sales Manager of the Firestone Aircraft Company, which developed the new ice tire.
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- Title:
- Removable steel lugs, used in tire manufacture for the first time, keep this airplane tire from skidding on ice, and permit all-weather use of the tire on combat planes. Examining the lugs and the bolts which hold them in place is Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner of the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race and Sales Manager of the Firestone Aircraft Company, which developed the new ice tire.
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[Information from item housing] Shaw, Wilbur W. Auto Racer
- Date:
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[ca. October 1943]
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Photographs
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Photographic prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
- Subjects:
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Automobile racing
Automobile racing drivers
Shaw, Wilbur, 1902-1954
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 210 mm
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- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2j62w4613
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