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Office and Factories of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.

Posted in Factories, Goodrich, Rubber Co.

B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.

by tconte on August 14, 2019

Goodrich ran television and print ads showing an empty blue sky, to distinguish themselves from the similar-sounding Goodyear tire company. The tagline was, “See that blimp up in the sky? We’re the other guys!”

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This Day In History

1930 On this day in 1930, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke announced that ZRS-4, which was under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin air dock, would be named the U.S.S. Akron.

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