B.F. Goodrich Company Records (1868-1990) 1870-1981 1928-1968

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B.F. Goodrich Company Records (1868-1990) 1870-1981 1928-1968

The B.F. Goodrich Company was a major rubber company throughout most of the twentieth century. Originally manufacturing fire hose, tubing and billiard cushions they added bicycle and carriage tires to their catalog during the thirty years remaining in the nineteenth century and automobile, truck, tractor, and aircraft tires during the twentieth century. During the Second World War they developed synthetic rubber. They helped pioneer pressure suits for high altitude flight and later developed the Mercury astronauts' spacesuits. This collection includes administrative records, advertising records, public relations files, printed material by Goodrich, audiovisual material and some financial records.

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