VOGUE TYRE

CUSTOM LUXURY TIRES SINCE
1914

The Vogue Tyre and Rubber Company's tradition for providing custom luxury tyres for the most discerning customers has been alive for over 103 years. Vogue Tyre has been at the cutting-edge of performance design and technology and continues to provide customers with a distinctive tyre with outstanding performance.

Vogue Tyres has set industry standards and continues to raise the bar in this competitive industry. Known for inventing the whitewall tyre with a patented gold stripe design back in the early 1900s, Vogue has become the tyre of choice for high-end vehicles and the discriminating motorists including celebrities and professional athletes.

VOGUE HISTORY TIMELINE

Present

1914

1926

1930

Present

Up until 1926, Vogue Tyres were sold only in Chicago Illinois. Having been sucessful promoting Vogue Tyres to the Chauffeur industry. Mr. Hower branched out to the West Coast and in late 1926 added Dodson Limited in Los Angeles as distributor in this region.

THE START OF AN IDEA

In 1914, Harry Hower, a chauffeur in the Chicago area, joined forces with the Woodbury family in the tire business. About 1918 to 1919, they created a new tire design, the whitewall. This initial design had the whitewall on both sides.

Since practically all tires were blackwall at this time, they hoped to attract the business of chauffeur driven cars with this unusual design. Margaret Woodbury named this new whitewall tire "Vogue" and the name "Custom Built" was added at a later date.

EXPANDING TO THE WEST COAST

Up until 1926, Vogue Tyres were sold only in Chicago Illinois. Having been sucessful promoting Vogue Tyres to the Chauffeur industry. Mr. Hower branched out to the West Coast and in late 1926 added Dodson Limited in Los Angeles as distributor in this region.

THE START OF AN IDEA

In 1914, Harry Hower, a chauffeur in the Chicago area, joined forces with the Woodbury family in the tire business. About 1918 to 1919, they created a new tire design, the whitewall. This initial design had the whitewall on both sides.

Since practically all tires were blackwall at this time, they hoped to attract the business of chauffeur driven cars with this unusual design. Margaret Woodbury named this new whitewall tire "Vogue" and the name "Custom Built" was added at a later date.

The Vogue Tyre and Rubber Company provides the best all-season tires and custom luxury wheels on the market. An industry standard for high-end vehicles, Vogue has been designing classic Whitewalls, exclusive White/Gold Sidewall tires and innovative high-performance Signature V tires for over 104 years.

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