This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DYB.2ACE/1438.3 Message Board Post: By 1920 there was atleast two rubber factories in Akron, Goodyear and Firestone. Three others may have been around, but I'm not sure. Sun, Anderson and Goodrich. The "hook" factory could have been "book" factory. There was Saalfield Publishing, they printed children's books. There was also a Werner factory that published encyclopedias, but I'm not sure if they existed by 1920. I remember a book bindery, not sure if it was one of the above or not. All the above businesses are gone now. The blue collar factories are white collar offices. Many of the buildings have been torn down, turned into shopping areas, made into parking lots, etc, etc, etc. As a child, I remember that it was not unusual to go outside in the morining and find tiny black grit all over everything from the rubber factories. I rather doubt that there is anything held by the companies concerning workers from that time period. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for you, just in case.