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Harvey Firestone in 1938....
Harvey Firestone in 1938....
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February 08, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, February 8, 1938
* Harvey Firestone death
* Rubber manufacturer
This 42 page newspaper has two line, one column headline on page 21: "HARVEY FIRESTONE IS DEAD IN FLORIDA" with subheads that include: "Rubber Manufacturer Dies in Sleep at His Miami Estate---He Was 69" and more. Also a one column photo of him as well.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with address stamp in the masthead, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Firestone was born in his family's farm house in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger. After graduating from Columbiana High School, Firestone worked for the Columbus Buggy Company in Columbus, Ohio before starting his own company in 1890, making rubber tires for carriages. In 1895 he married Isabelle Smith. They had five children: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Russell A. Firestone, Leonard Firestone, Raymond Firestone and Elizabeth Firestone. In 1904 Firestone joined Henry Ford to make rubber tires for the newly popular automobiles. The Ford-Firestone corporate marriage was later cemented when Henry's grandson William Clay Ford wed Martha Firestone, granddaughter of Harvey, who then became parents of current Ford Motor Company Chairman, William Clay Ford, Jr. The farmhouse where Firestone was born is now located in Greenfield Village (Dearborn, MI), a 90-acre historical site founded by Henry Ford.
Historical Background: Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres). During World War II the company was called on by the U.S. Government to make artillery shells, aluminum kegs for food transport and other rubberized military products. In 1938, Firestone died peacefully in his sleep at his vacation home in Miami Beach, Florida at age 69
* Harvey Firestone death
* Rubber manufacturer
This 42 page newspaper has two line, one column headline on page 21: "HARVEY FIRESTONE IS DEAD IN FLORIDA" with subheads that include: "Rubber Manufacturer Dies in Sleep at His Miami Estate---He Was 69" and more. Also a one column photo of him as well.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with address stamp in the masthead, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Firestone was born in his family's farm house in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger. After graduating from Columbiana High School, Firestone worked for the Columbus Buggy Company in Columbus, Ohio before starting his own company in 1890, making rubber tires for carriages. In 1895 he married Isabelle Smith. They had five children: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Russell A. Firestone, Leonard Firestone, Raymond Firestone and Elizabeth Firestone. In 1904 Firestone joined Henry Ford to make rubber tires for the newly popular automobiles. The Ford-Firestone corporate marriage was later cemented when Henry's grandson William Clay Ford wed Martha Firestone, granddaughter of Harvey, who then became parents of current Ford Motor Company Chairman, William Clay Ford, Jr. The farmhouse where Firestone was born is now located in Greenfield Village (Dearborn, MI), a 90-acre historical site founded by Henry Ford.
Historical Background: Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres). During World War II the company was called on by the U.S. Government to make artillery shells, aluminum kegs for food transport and other rubberized military products. In 1938, Firestone died peacefully in his sleep at his vacation home in Miami Beach, Florida at age 69
Category: The 20th Century
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