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Black and white photograph of Paul W. Litchfield, center, posed with Franklin A. Seiberling, right, who founded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Charles W. Seiberling, the latter's brother. They celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the vulcanization process, and Litchfield serves as the president of Goodyear at the time of this image taken in 1939. Original caption: "In 1939, during observance of the 100th Anniversary of Charles Goodyear's discovery of the vulcanization process, P.W. Litchfield, center, posed for this picture with C. W. Seiberling, left, and F. A. Seiberling, who founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898. Original credit line: Goodyear News Service, no. 1321-48 B.