In 1939, Lloyd Suiter Tires added tire recapping to its many services, making the plant one of the largest in the Northwest handling this kind of work. Here Andrew Jorgersen, Tacoma Department of Public Works and superintendent of city streets, poses with Fred Hand, Suiter salesman, next to the large Lodi section mold. Jorgersen is studying the process for the Public Works fleet. In recapping, tires with worn treads are rebuilt, adding more tread over the original casing. Lloyd Suiter was also the area distributor for U.S. Tires. (T. Times 2/1/1939, pg. 2)

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Interior of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company showing blower-meld equipment. Two workmen wear face protection while completing one of the steps in recapping used tires.

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From 1938 to 1949, Lloyd Suiter owned and operated Lloyd Suiter Inc., at 2302 Pacific Ave. It was the authorized dealership for U.S. Tires and the largest tire recapping plant in Tacoma. In March of 1938, shortly after they opened for business, Lloyd Suiter Inc. joined with Morford-Blangy Motors in a car give-a-way contest. The winner was to receive a free Ford V8 sedan.

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Interior of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company showing blower-meld equipment. Lloyd Suiter, the owner, stands beside one of the pieces of machinery used in recapping tires while one of the workmen uses the power equipment to add part of the wheel to a newly recapped tire. Another workman looks on from the rear.

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Lloyd Suiter, owner of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company, started this business in 1934 with C. F. Erickson. By 1945, Suiter's had several employees and the four delivery trucks. They were distributors for U.S. Tires and specialized in recapping, vulcanized tire repair. TPL-6382

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Lloyd Suiter Tire Company. Percy Dunlop, a representative of the National Institute of Treading Standards, explains that "instrument tests show this to be a perfect section cure". L-R, Lloyd Suiter, Rudy Searle, shop foreman, and Percy Dunlop. (T.Times, 6/6/1945, p.10)

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Interior of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company showing blower-meld equipment. Lloyd Suiter, the owner, stands inside a stack of graduated sized truck tires. A woman (likely Margaret Suiter) stands nearby smiling at the camera.

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Temple Motors opened a used cars division in the Banford & Newsome Bldg. on Pacific Avenue on March 1, 1953. The building formerly had housed various tire companies. According to their many signs, Temple Motors offered easy terms for purchasing one of their vehicles as well as paying cash for the customer's trade-in. Temple Motors was owned by Henry G. Geissler and Ed M. Williams. They were a Studebaker dealership whose main location was on Saint Helens. View of Temple Motors, Used Cars division; four cars are parked in the two open garage doorways. Photograph ordered by Henry Geissler. (TPL-6384)

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From 1938 to 1949, Lloyd Suiter owned and operated Lloyd Suiter Inc., at 2302 Pacific Ave. It was the authorized dealership for U.S. Tires and the largest tire recapping plant in Tacoma. In March of 1938, shortly after they opened for business, Lloyd Suiter Inc. joined with Morford-Blangy Motors in a car give-a-way contest. The winner was to receive a free Ford V8 sedan. (filed with Argentum)

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Lloyd Suiter Tire Company. Percy Dunlop, a representative of the National Institute of Treading Standards, visited the Lloyd Suiter Tire Company. Here he is checking the curing system of one of the large molds, a Lodi Recap Mold. L-R, Mr. Poston of Wilson Brothers Logging Company, Rudy Searle, shop foreman, Lloyd Suiter and Percy Dunlop. (T.Times, 6/6/1945, p.10), (See D19520-2 for an exterior view of building)

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Lloyd Suiter Tire Company. Percy Dunlop, a representative of the National Institute of Treading Standards, and Lloyd Suiter test a tread cure on a recapped tire. The tags on the tire are attached to thermocuple wires, testing tread cuts from one to six ply depths. L-R, Lloyd Suiter and Percy Dunlop. (T.Times, 6/6/1945, p.10)

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Lloyd Suiter Tire Company. Lloyd Suiter and Percy Dunlop show the findings of their test on a cross-section cut of a recapped tire. Mr. Dunlop is a representative of the National Institute of Treading Standards from Washington, D.C. (T.Times, 6/6/1945, p.10)

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Interior of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company showing blower-meld equipment. Lloyd Suiter, the owner, stands inside a stack of graduated sized truck tires pointing towards one of the workmen. Machinery used in recapping tires is shown in the workshop.

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