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The Eau Claire Tire Plant : the complete story from 1914 onward
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- Creator
- by Jack Zais
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Eau Claire, Wis. : Eau Claire Printing Company, Inc. ; 2019
- Physical Details
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- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm
- OCLC
- on1161978156
- Title from front cover.
- Spiral-bound.
- A two-volume set that depicts the history of the former tire plant in Eau Claire.
- Volume One: Raymond Gillette -- Hutchens Family -- Chippewa Rubber Company -- Hotel Eau Claire -- Advertisement (Riding Out the Storm) --Laursen's Curing Process -- Reorganization & Stock Battles -- The Roaring 20s -- Gillette Service Station -- U.S. Rubber Takes Control -- Conversion to Munitions -- No Strike Pledges. Volume Two: Union Recognition -- Reconversion to Tires -- War Time Transfers of Employees -- Wars End to 1950s -- Eau Claire Tire Plant War Involvement -- Union War Involvement -- War Labor Board -- Events Leading to 1963 Strike
Subjects
- Banbury Place (Eau Claire, Wis.)
- Gillette Rubber Company (Eau Claire, Wis.) -- History.
- United States Rubber Company. Eau Claire Plant -- History.
- Rubber industry and trade -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire -- History.
- Uniroyal, inc. Eau Claire Plant -- History.
- Eau Claire (Wis.) -- History -- 20th century.