Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Memphis, circa 1939

Creators

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Source Collection

Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0462.os_003.001

Description

View looking northwest of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1939. The factory opened in 1936 in the North Memphis neighborhood of New Chicago and became the largest tire-making plant in the world by the 1950s with 35 acres of floor space. It closed in 1983.

Date Created

8-23-2021

Date

circa 1939

Recommended Citation

"Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Memphis, circa 1939" (2021). Other images. 111.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/111