Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Leonard K. Firestone speaking at a Kiwanis luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel, regarding the end of the war-time rubber crisis. He shared that by the end of 1943, there would be 200,000 tons in the rubber stock pile, and synthetic rubber plants, with an annual capacity of approximately 800,000 tons, will be in operation. Photograph dated November 24, 1943.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Firestone, Leonard K.--(Leonard Kimball),--1907-1996 Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Rubber industry and trade--United States Businessmen--United States Philanthropists--United States Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Microphones Hotels--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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