AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A restored portrait of inventor Charles Goodyear is now on display in Ohio after more than two decades in storage.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports the portrait of the man who discovered rubber vulcanization was recently unveiled by the University of Akron’s Archival Services of University Libraries. A $4,999 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded by the State Library of Ohio funded restoration of the portrait of the man for whom Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. was named.
The portrait painted on a rubber panel in 1855 by George Peter Alexander Healy can be viewed at the university’s Archival Services in Akron.
Victor Fleischer, UA archivist and head of Archival Services, says it’s one of the few paintings ever done on a rubber panel.
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Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com
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