An enterprising man from Essex travels to Cleveland to learn all about tires.
A road story...

Firestone addressed a letter to Les Robinson of Essex on this day in 1926. Robinson had been accepted into one of their training classes.

As automobiles became more popular, auto repair became a profitable new vocation. Robinson opened a service station on Pearl Street, providing motorists a place to fill up with gasoline and to get repairs.

Firestone Tires offered a pneumatic tire training class in Cleveland, and Robinson applied. His acceptance letter read, "We hope you will take advantage of their teachings and will soon return as a full fledged repairman, able to put out high grade work which produces the profits."

Image and original story idea courtesy Images Of America: Essex & Essex Junction by Richard & Lucille Allen.

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