Surrounded by a group of wounded soldiers from the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation Hospital at Torrance, Leonard K. Firestone, President of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of California, is shown here greeting the men on the lawn in front of the big tire factory, when they paid a visit to the plant in South Gate as guests of the Labor-Management Committee which is sponsoring recreation work at the 500 bed hospital. Other Factory Officials in the photo are: L.M. Craig, Production Manager (at extreme left, standing); C.L. Smith, Factory Manager (just back of Mr. Firestone); James A. Moore, Personnel Manager (kneeling at left, end of 2nd row); Paul W. Neff, Personnel Asst. (kneeling at right, end of 2nd row); Earl Farwell, of Local 100 U.R.W.A., Chairman of the Welfare Committee. The soldiers are: Dornback; Stephens; Cohen; Harris; Koonce; Thedens; Poth; Charkut; Meyers; Castellicce; Jones; Shook; Moore; Atkins; Smith; Hollendrake; Hansen; Farguson; and Mace. Photo dated September 23, 1944.
Firestone, Leonard K.--(Leonard Kimball),--1907-1996 United Rubber Workers of America. Local 100 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Veterans--United States Military uniforms Businessmen--United States Men--California--South Gate Industrial facilities--California--South Gate Tire industry--California--South Gate Tire industry workers--Labor unions--United States South Gate (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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