Removable steel lugs, used in tire manufacture for the first time, keep this airplane tire from skidding on ice, and permit all-weather use of the tire on combat planes. Examining the lugs and the bolts which hold them in place is Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner of the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race and Sales Manager of the Firestone Aircraft Company, which developed the new ice tire.

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Removable steel lugs, used in tire manufacture for the first time, keep this airplane tire from skidding on ice, and permit all-weather use of the tire on combat planes. Examining the lugs and the bolts which hold them in place is Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner of the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race and Sales Manager of the Firestone Aircraft Company, which developed the new ice tire.

[ca. October 1943]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Shaw, Wilbur W. Auto Racer

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