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San Francisco in 1930. "Goodyear tire retreading." Equipment by Western Dri-Kure. Third photo in this series. 8x10 nitrate negative. View full size.
I put myself through Penn State selling tires at Sears and often visited the subterranean tire warehouse. It had a pervasive and distinctive odor. 25 years after that building became a restaurant, I again was in that room...and could still smell the tires.
One look at those carcasses he's using should convince anyone to buy new tires instead.
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