U.S. Rubber Exhibit

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U.S. Rubber's Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Exhibit as seen from the towers of the New York State Pavilion

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U.S. Rubber's Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber's Giant 80-foot high Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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U.S. Rubber Giant Tire Ferris Wheel

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No fair would be a fair without a ferris wheel, and this is New York's version, disguised as a huge rubber tire by U.S. Rubber Co. Made of polyester resin and glass fiber, it lifts riders - four to each bright-red gondola - 80 feet in the air.

SOURCE: Saturday Evening Post, Issue No. 20, May 23, 1964