This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess wa
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- Date
- 1941
- Photographer / author
- Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 9,256 × 7,295 pixels
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"This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess wa" (1941). Palmer, Alfred T., photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_sheet_of_synthetic_rubber_coming_off_the_rolling_mill_at_the_plant_is_now_ready_for_drying,_B.F._Goodrich_Co.,_Akron,_Ohio._Synthetic_rubber_made_by_the_%22ameripol%22_process_is_derived_LCCN2017878370.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 126034.
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