Goodyear's Vulcanite Court, the Exhibition of Hard India Rubber Goods at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. Goodyear spend $30,000 on the display which included giant balloons, live-saving devices, rubber boats, shoes, medical instruments, and furniture, for which he won six awards.
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