Historic Photos

WW II Rubber Shortage Shirley Farm, March 1942

February 8th, 2017

Arnold Beatty (left) and Colman Hicks, at the O.V. Douglass farm outside of Shirley, demonstrate patching a worn-out tire after yet another blowout. With a severe wartime shortage of rubber tires, area farmers were calling for the reintroduction of metal wheels for tractors and wagons.

Bill Kemp

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