B.F. Goodrich Tires, 1955 ad with George Burns and Gracie Allen

Title- “George, I thought you said everybody was using B.F. Goodrich Tubeless Tires!”- with George Burns and Gracie Allen 

History- The B.F. Goodrich Company was named after its founder Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich.  In 1869 he bought the Hudson River Rubber Company and moved it to Akron, Ohio.  Business began booming a few years after the founder’s death when the company introduced a pneumatic tire that could bear the speeds and loads of the emerging automobile market.  The brand name Goodrich now appears on tires made by Michelin.

Dimensions- 10½ x 14½ inches.

Condition- Excellent.