WHITEWALL by GARAGELAND

Photography • Transportation • posted on Aug 28, 2014

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The use of whitewall rubber for wheels has been traced to a small tire company in Chicago called Vogue Tyre and Rubber Co that made them for their horse and chauffeur drawn carriages in 1914. Early automobile tires were made of pure natural rubber with various chemicals mixed into the tread compounds to make them wear better. The best of these was zinc oxide, a pure white substance that increased traction and also made the entire tire white. However, the white rubber did not offer sufficient endurance, so carbon black was added to the rubber and greatly increasing tread life. Using carbon black only in the tread produced tires with inner and outer sidewalls of white rubber. Later, entirely black tires became available, the still extant white sidewalls being covered with a somewhat thin, black colored layer of rubber. Should a black sidewall tire have been severely scuffed against a curb, the underlying white rubber would be revealed. ZoooMage Rec. Have a nice day.

Comments (11)

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Juliette.Gribnau

5:41AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

way cool !

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aksirp

6:02AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

hot and clean!

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durleybeachbum

6:56AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

Interesting history.

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jayfar

8:05AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

Great shot and story Steve.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

8:14AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

Welcome back Steve, been a while mate. And back with a vengeance I see, cracking shot and narrative!

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photosynthesis

10:09AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

I like the simplicity, clean lines & classic look of this shot...

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Greywolf44

11:08AM | Thu, 28 August 2014

Nice clean photo but the history lesson was great! Thanks, from a car nut!

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wysiwig

1:48PM | Thu, 28 August 2014

A really nice and clean image and great history lesson. The first tires were rubber all the way through. The first use of pneumatic tires for automobiles was pioneered by the Michelin brothers in 1895. I find it interesting that tire companies manage to charge you more for white walls that they normally cover up at no charge for regular tires.

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