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[RUBBER -- GENERAL TIRES]. [O'NEILL, William F & FOUSE, Winfred E; PACE, Edwin Justice]Biblio.com

The General: Jumbo truck balloon. Salesman sample catalogue for the General Jumbo Balloon Tires which revolutionized the trucking industry and automobile travel as pneumatic tires which could run on lower air pressure providing a smoother ride than solid or conventional tires.

1930Best.-Nr. 58487Akron OH & Houston TX: General Tire & Rubber Co. Pace Tire Co. 1930. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.25 in. 56 leaves unnumbered. Photo illustrated throughout all printed photos w/ 54 of trucks sporting General Tires 2 promotional letters. Original embossed simulated black pebbled calf post-binder brass screw posts at gutter margin raised & embossed gilt lettering & framed border on front cover minor chipping & soiling to foot of spine couple leaves w/ minor creasing couple w/ minor dustsoiling still a VG copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce sales promotional catalogue for the General Jumbo Balloon Tire issued just as the country began the descent into the Great Depression. The oversize pneumatic tires developed by General Tire were first used on Ford Model T trucks and Ford Model T’s but quickly proved their durability and by the end of the 1920’s were the fastest selling truck tire in the United States. These excellent photo images provide not only references for the many companies that General Tire supplied but also the tremendous range of truck manufacturers and commercial advertising many companies sported during the 1920’s - 1930’s. Truck brands depicted in the album include REO Speedwagon Mack American-LaFrance White Wichita Fageol & more. Businesses ranged from Hemingway Bros. a moving company in Providence RI to Franklin Ice Cream Co. in Minneapolis MN along with bread trucks tankers cement mixers and others. Founded in 1915 General Tire & Rubber grew quickly adding plants in Texas Kentucky Ohio & North Carolina eventually expanding into aerospace defense contracting entertainment tennis ball production and plastics. In 1987 General Tire tire operations were sold to Continental and later to Continental General Tire. No copies in Worldcat. General [Tire & Rubber Co., Pace Tire Co., unknown

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