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Best.-Nr. PA97Oblong Quarto album ca. 195x25 cm 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. 12 card stock leaves 5 blank. With 56 mounted gelatin silver photos of various size from ca. 85x105 cm 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ in to ca. 4x6 cm 6 ½ x 2 ½ in; most photos are ca. 85x85 cm 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. All photos with period ink captions on the mounts or the images many also dated “1913” or “1914.” With nine mounted magazine or newspaper clippings each ca. 7x95 cm 2 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. Original black cloth boards and maroon sheep corners neatly rebacked with maroon morocco spine; original endpapers. A few photos mildly faded but overall a very good album of interesting photographs. Historically significant collection of original photographs of British-owned tea and rubber plantations in the Kelani Valley near Colombo in southwestern Sri Lanka. The photos were taken shortly before the beginning of WW1 by a young associate of the “Nagolle Rubber and Tea Plantations Ltd.” which was established in 1910 and owned the estates in Para Kiriporuwa Manikande and Atalawa The Times of Ceylon Green Book: A Directory of Ceylon. Colombo 1921 p. 444. About eighteen images show the grounds of the “Nagolle Rubber and Tea Plantations Ltd.” British managers L. Holbech and George Western Hornsby 1886-1915 and native workers: “G.W. Hornsby’s bungalow Kiriporuwa Jan. 1914” “G.W. Hornsby in front of his bungalow Jan. 1914;” “Nagolle factory from Kiriporuwa;” “At the Rittagoya between Nagolle & Kiriporuwa Jan 1914;” “L. Holbech’s bungalow in the jungle Kiriporuwa Jan. 1914;” “L. Holbech in interior of bungalow Jan. 1914;” “L. Holbech & G.W. Hornsby Kiriporuwa Jan. 1914;” “View taken from the Kiriporuwa tea near L. H’s bungalow Jan. 1914: Atalawa rubber Para rubber Nagolle rubber Kiriporuwa rubber & tea;” “My bungalow under construction Nagolle Jan. 1914;” “The Nagolle turn off on Nuisawella Rd. Feb. 1914;” “The wire bridge over the Rittagoya between Nagolle & Kiriporuwa Feb. 1914;” “Elephant on the Para Cart Rd. shewing young Nagolle rubber Feb. 1914;” “The dining room of my bungalow Nagolle Feb. 1914.” There is also an interesting group portrait of native workers dressed for a celebration with all names captioned including “Sandanam” “Ramasamy” and “Mookau” and a portrait of “Carpaiah Nagolle K.P. Feb. 1914.” About twenty photos were taken on the Halpe estate of the “Ceylon Rubber Co. Ltd.” also located in the Kelani Valley. The images include views of “Halpe big bungalows Nov. 1913;” “View of tea taken from Halpe Rd. turn;” portraits of the Halpe estate manager J.M. Mackenzie in service; 1912-22 and assistant manager A.H.G. Campbell; “View of rubber & Mackenzies’ bungalow in distance;” “Mackenzies’ bungalow and rooms I occupied 1913;” a scene with an elephant “transporting rubber Halpe Ceylon 1913.” There are also several portraits of native workers including “Morel P. Ramasany Factory keeper 2nd Conductor Hd. Conductor <…> Halpe Dec. 1913”; “Staff at Halpe <…> who taught me Tamil;” “Tamil woman about to tap rubber;” “Tamil girls Singhalese girls with liquid rubber at the factory;” “Singhalese coagulating rubber with acetic acid;” “Waiting to have their rubber tolled in the factory;” “Schoolmaster and Tamil school children;” “Dispenser giving Tamil woman fever mixture;” “Singhalese girl tapping rubber”; “Campbell’s butler.” In addition several photos portray the album’s compiler in Halpe posing with a monkey sleeping under the mosquito net playing tennis in southern India &c. There are also eleven photos showing the compiler and his friends celebrating Christmas in Colombo in 1913 including scenes on the beach at Mt. Lavinia and in their house Sherbrooke compound Gregory’s Rd. Colombo views of the “Sherbrook cottage” and portraits of “self” “Sheila Mr. & Mrs. Ingles Miss Mackenzie Mrs. Baker Joan Baker” a Sinhalese fisherman &c. Overall an interesting content-rich original source on the history of Sri Lankan rubber and tea plantations before WW1. hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 64492Cudahy WI: Federal Rubber Company Fisk Rubber Co. 1920. Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.5 in. 35 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs sized 9.5 x 7 in. mounted on linen hinges all w/ captions w/in negative in manuscript at lower fore-edge of image. Contemporary textured flexible calf Henn Company post-binder nickel-plated screwposts at gutter margin gilt lettering stamped on front cover some minor scuffing wear hinges split but still sound w/ black linen inner hinges & pastedowns still a VG exemplar w/ all images retaining bright strong contrast. This exceptional souvenir sales photo album captures the Federal Rubber Co. the year before it became wholly absorbed into Fisk Rubber Co. Founded originally in 1911 the company produced solid rubber and pneumatic tires for bicycles Brass Era automobiles & trucks as well as rubber belts rubber flooring and even soles for shoes. The factory located at the corner of Layton & Patrick Cudahy Way operated shifts around the clock advertised under their Federal Extra Gauge Red Tube Double Dable Base Tires and Federal Tires and many other products. These photos depict the “Bike Tire Curing Dept.” Curing and Finishing rooms inner tubes draped stretching off into the distance mountains of boxes holding Federal automobile tires along with machine shop store room finishing rooms featuring a largely female work force calender hard pressure roller machines machine builders and more. The well-composed photographs also depict workers next to giant rubber tire machines vast storage rooms inspecting finished tires waste department wash & dry rubber department mechanical repair department and more. In 1916 Fisk secured shareholder control over Federal Rubber Manufacturing and maintained them as a separate company until after World War I. After 1920 the company became Federal Rubber Co. and would by 1922 be producing 3000 tires a day with 1200 employees. Later prior to World War II in 1940 Fist Rubber co. was entirely taken over by U.S. Rubber and later were transformed into Uniroyal eventually becoming Michelin until 2012. Federal Rubber Company, Fisk Rubber Co., unknown
1959Best.-Nr. 56719Almanza Las Piñas Rizal The Philippines. 1959. A Vivid Example of American Economic Colonialism in the Mid-20th Century A unique and large format presentation typescript documenting the facilities services and employees of the Philippine branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1959 illustrated with almost 200 photographs produced for the twentieth anniversary of the tire plant's manager Richard T. Budd. The photographic scrapbook constitutes an extensive visual record of the facilities and operations of the Goodyear Tire factory in Las Piñas Rizal Philippines and provides an interesting peek into American foreign business practices in the mid-20th century. The album is highlighted by more than 100 large likely professional views of the factory exterior and interior following the tire-making process from raw material through to finished product with many of the images showing Filipino laborers at work. The album also contains a series of eight views of a January 1957 labor dispute. The images are accompanied by detailed typed captions explaining the tire-making process the strike and more. One such annotation reads: "On January 14 1957 the factory tasted its first strike when barrio residents set up a picket allegedly in protest of the alleged unfair hiring procedure of the company. Pickets gathered at the front of the gate while bus loads of employees wait outside for a chance to cross the picket line." The smaller photographs further depict the factory's employees and document health care facilities blood drives a free Christmas lunch company picnics and gatherings awards ceremonies and much more. Several pictures record Budd's contribution as a leader with the local Boy Scout Troop 60 comprised mostly of young Filipino boys. One page containing several photographs documents Goodyear management's donation to a local school; the caption reads: "Aware of its responsibility to the community Management goes to the much neglected barrio school and donates a swing and a slide for school children at play. This page contains the pictures of that donation." Additionally laid-in is a handmade folio greeting card commemorating Budd's twentieth anniversary of employment with a nicely hand-executed title cover featuring a photographic cut-out of a tire filling in the "0" of "20th" a large caricature of Budd in his scouting uniform and includes numerous ink inscriptions from fellow employees likely executives. There are also three additional loose folio sized cards bearing hundreds of ink signatures from the factory workers. Goodyear operated the plant at Las Piñas from 1956 until 2009 in close proximity to the island's robust rubber plantations. The album stands as important extensive and detailed primary source documentation of the international operations labor outsourcing and outreach efforts of an American auto-industry giant in the Asian Pacific during the last years of Eisenhower and immediately preceding U.S. involvement in Vietnam and serves as an important source for the "Americanizing" methods employed by U.S. companies after World War II when newly-opened markets allowed for American corporate expansion around the globe. Large folio. Original blue paper-covered boards brad-bound hand-painted titles on front cover reading: "GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. OF THE PHILIPPINES LTD. ALMANZA LAS PIÑAS RIZAL." Moderate wear soiling and creasing to boards. Produced on acidic mid-century paper with most leaves chipped or with closed edge tears one leaf detached a couple partially detached. Photographs in generally very nice condition with easily-readable typed annotations. Overall very good. hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. 56719Almanza Las Piñas Rizal The Philippines. 1959. A Vivid Example of American Economic Colonialism in the Mid-20th Century A unique and large format presentation typescript documenting the facilities services and employees of the Philippine branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1959 illustrated with almost 200 photographs produced for the twentieth anniversary of the tire plant's manager Richard T. Budd. The photographic scrapbook constitutes an extensive visual record of the facilities and operations of the Goodyear Tire factory in Las Piñas Rizal Philippines and provides an interesting peek into American foreign business practices in the mid-20th century. The album is highlighted by more than 100 large likely professional views of the factory exterior and interior following the tire-making process from raw material through to finished product with many of the images showing Filipino laborers at work. The album also contains a series of eight views of a January 1957 labor dispute. The images are accompanied by detailed typed captions explaining the tire-making process the strike and more. One such annotation reads: "On January 14 1957 the factory tasted its first strike when barrio residents set up a picket allegedly in protest of the alleged unfair hiring procedure of the company. Pickets gathered at the front of the gate while bus loads of employees wait outside for a chance to cross the picket line." The smaller photographs further depict the factory's employees and document health care facilities blood drives a free Christmas lunch company picnics and gatherings awards ceremonies and much more. Several pictures record Budd's contribution as a leader with the local Boy Scout Troop 60 comprised mostly of young Filipino boys. One page containing several photographs documents Goodyear management's donation to a local school; the caption reads: "Aware of its responsibility to the community Management goes to the much neglected barrio school and donates a swing and a slide for school children at play. This page contains the pictures of that donation." Additionally laid-in is a handmade folio greeting card commemorating Budd's twentieth anniversary of employment with a nicely hand-executed title cover featuring a photographic cut-out of a tire filling in the "0" of "20th" a large caricature of Budd in his scouting uniform and includes numerous ink inscriptions from fellow employees likely executives. There are also three additional loose folio sized cards bearing hundreds of ink signatures from the factory workers. Goodyear operated the plant at Las Piñas from 1956 until 2009 in close proximity to the island's robust rubber plantations. The album stands as important extensive and detailed primary source documentation of the international operations labor outsourcing and outreach efforts of an American auto-industry giant in the Asian Pacific during the last years of Eisenhower and immediately preceding U.S. involvement in Vietnam and serves as an important source for the "Americanizing" methods employed by U.S. companies after World War II when newly-opened markets allowed for American corporate expansion around the globe. Large folio. Original blue paper-covered boards brad-bound hand-painted titles on front cover reading: "GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. OF THE PHILIPPINES LTD. ALMANZA LAS PIÑAS RIZAL." Moderate wear soiling and creasing to boards. Produced on acidic mid-century paper with most leaves chipped or with closed edge tears one leaf detached a couple partially detached. Photographs in generally very nice condition with easily-readable typed annotations. Overall very good. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 20603A Paris, chez Cuchet, 1783, 1784, à Montpellier, de l'imprimerie de Jean Martel, 1784, A Aéropolis, sur la place des Nues, chez Zéphirolin le jeune, imprimeur-libraire & relieur de sa majesté Aiglonne, et se trouve à Paris chez les marchands de feuilles volantes, l'an de la Lune... (1783). plein veau raciné, dos orné, au chiffre "P", pièces de titres et tomaisons maroquinés, tranches, contre-plats et gardes teintés (vieux bleu), petites éraflures sur les plats, coins frottés, sans gravité. 2 volumes in-8 de XL-299-(7) pages, 1 tableau dépliant, 9 planches gravées en taille-douce, dont 1 en frontispice dessinée par Charles de Lorimier et gravée par Nicolas de Launay, autres graveurs: Pierre Gabriel Berthault et François Noël Sellier, représentant les diverses machines qui ont été construites jusqu'à ce jour, particulièrement celle de Versailles, & celle dans laquelle des hommes ont été enlevés jusqu'à la hauteur de 324 pieds, &c. &c. à la suite: second volume de (2)-366 pages + 1 feuillet d'errata, 5 planches en taille-douce dont 1 en frontispice, dessinée par Charles de Lorimier et gravée par Nicolas de Launay ainsi que les 2 suivantes, les 2 autres sont gravées par François Noël Sellier. A la suite: 82 pages et in-fine: 16 pages + 1 gravure dépliante., bandeaux dont 1 gravé sur bois par Jean-Michel Papillon, culs de lampe, 1 cahier débroché.
1936Best.-Nr. 84243Akron OH: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1936. Presumed one of several promotional fabric mementos produced for select distribution. Piece of Fabric. Fair. This is a piece of the Fabric used in Explorer II. This flight was sponsored by National Geographic Society NGS and U.S. Army Air Corps. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 3.25 inches. It has printing on both sides. One side has an illustration of Explorer II ascending over text that reads EXPLORER II 1935 stratosphere Flight Balloon Capt. Albert W. Stevens Flight Commander Capt. Orval A. Anderson U. S. Army Air Corps. Take-off from Black Hills of South Dakota. The other side states This is a Piece of the Fabric Used in EXPLORER II 1935 Stratsophere Flight Balloon Largest Balloon Ever Built sponsored by National Geographic Society and U.S. Army Air Corps courtesy of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The balloon used for the Explorer II expedition was cut up into strips and distributed as commemorative bookmarks among the NGS members who supported the mission. It is common for one or both sides of the bookmark to be discolored as the result of the chemical reaction between sunlight and the rubber coating on the cotton fabric used to construct the balloon. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron Ohio. The company was named after American Charles Goodyear inventor of vulcanized rubber. The Goodyear tires became popular because they were easily detachable and required little maintenance. Goodyear had been manufacturing airships and balloons since the early 1900s. NOTE: THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NGS ISSUED BOOKMARK!!! This is more of a souvenir than a bookmark in form and format. Explorer II was a manned U.S. high-altitude balloon that was launched on November 11 1935 and reached a record altitude of 72395 ft. Launched at 8:00 am from the Stratobowl in South Dakota the helium balloon carried a two-man crew consisting of U. S. Army Air Corps Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson inside a sealed spherical cabin. The crew landed safely near White Lake South Dakota at 4:13 pm and both were acclaimed as national heroes. Scientific instruments carried on the gondola returned useful information about the stratosphere. The mission was funded by the membership of the National Geographic Society. In January 1934 the National Geographic Society NGS and the U. S. Army Air Corps decided to collaborate on a program to build and launch a manned balloon to the then record altitude of 15 mi. This vehicle would be capable of carrying a crew of three in an airtight capsule along with a laboratory of instruments. The hydrogen balloon named Explorer was completed by July at a cost of around $60000. The balloon was launched from a canyon in the Black Hills of South Dakota on July 28 1934 and reached a near-record altitude of 60613 ft before tears in the fabric led the crew to begin reducing their altitude. A rupture in the balloon resulted in a precipitous descent followed by a spark that caused the hydrogen to ignite and destroy what was left of the balloon leaving the capsule to plummet toward the ground at terminal velocity. The crew just managed to escape using their parachutes. In 1935 the NGS and Army Air Corps decided to make another attempt. Once inflated the balloon stood 316 ft tall. The gondola was kept anchored to the earth by a team of more than 100 soldiers holding cables. The Explorer II reached a peak altitude of 72395 ft at 12:30 pm and remained there for 80 minutes. This set a new world altitude record and one that would last for nearly two decades. The crew became the first humans to witness the curvature of the Earth. Their photography showed the potential of high-altitude reconnaissance balloons. Explorer II included communications equipment and constant radio contact was maintained throughout the flight with the signal being broadcast across the U.S. and in Europe. The onboard instruments collected data on cosmic rays the ozone distribution and electrical conductivity of the atmosphere at different altitudes the atmospheric composition of the stratosphere and the luminosity of the Sun Moon and Earth. The success of the mission was much celebrated in the press and the aeronauts were invited to an audience with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They became national heroes and both men were presented with the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society by General John J. Pershing. The Air Corps awarded them the Mackay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year. Both men were also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for each of the Explorer flights. The EXPLORER balloon required approximately 2.5 acres of cotton fabric. EXPLORER II was larger. The National Geographic Society produced over a million EXPLORER II bookmarks from the balloons fabric. The number produced by the Goodyear Company could not readily be determined but was likely a comparative handful. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company unknown
