US Rubber became Uniroyal in 1961. And it was certainly the byproducts of mercilessly slaughtered naugas that provided both the color and the smell.
On Friday, July 15, 2016, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that it was the U. S. Rubber company making Keds sneakers that > colored the river. > > > On 7/15/2016 2:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > >> Uniroyal was in Naugatuck, and that was where they farmed the naugas. >> I grew up about 10mi from there. Nasty-smelling town, and the >> Naugatuck River was very colorful at times (depending, I suppose, on >> the colors of the naugas whose hides they were processing). >> >> Rick >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 45 years ago we watched a 'Saturday Night Live' skit with John Belushi >>> on how they >>> raised, slaughtered, skinned, and tanned Naugahyde. Very funny. >>> The ranch was probably in Naugatuck, Connecticut. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:35 PM, P.J. Alling >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.adorama.com/bhcsp15i.html?EmailPrice=T >>>> >>>> I mean Holy Bat Guano. It's Polyurethane or some other plastic. This is >>>> what's wrong with marketing. (I was actually kind of hoping that they >>>> were >>>> skinning Vegans, not because I dislike Vegans, it's the romantic in me, >>>> I >>>> guess). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >>>> immortality through not dying. >>>> -- Woody Allen >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
