Despite decades of analysis on the rubber balls, no definitive preservation method has worked to slow their deterioration, ...

The Akron Stories Project continues to commemorate the history of the rubber industry in the city by recording and sharing stories from some who worked in the industry and from friends and families of ...

Global connections -- Race, migration, and labor -- Women and gender on plantations and in factories -- Demand and everyday consumption -- World wars, nationalism, and imperialism -- Resistance and ...

The history of rubber production is charged with social injustice and rapacity. Rubber companies, including those in Akron, got their raw material from plantations in Vietnam, Sumatra, the Philippines ...

Learn about the history of Akron’s identity as the “Crossroads of the Deaf.” Uncover the vital role Akron’s Deaf community played in shaping the city’s legacy as the Rubber Capital of the World and ...

A display of rubber ducks and souvenirs at the Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Wash. Daniel Schrager “I have done nothing but stare at rubber ducks for four or five months straight. I dream in ...