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Friday, March 27, 2009

1940'S: CAN YOU HELP IDENTIFY THESE FOLKS?

With the many visitors to my website, I thought that perhaps someone might recognize some of these American Radiator and Standard & Sanitary Company employees from the 1940's. Alan Wildblood's Dad is the only one we can identify (lower left). If you can identify any of them, please use the numbers which are with each photo.

Alan wrote:

Dear Tom,

Could you please help me identify some people by posting several uncaptioned photos from an album of my father, Harold Wildblood. Your readership is vastly superior to any circle of Trentonians I could reach through any other channel available to me. These pictures were taken at American-Standard in Hamilton, formerly Maddock Pottery, which was under construction in 1924, prior to his departure from the firm on October 31, 1947. Harold worked in the shipping department so most of the people depicted will have been from that department. They are posing with crates, probably containing toilets, labeled “Standard Fixtures, Trenton Works."

Two of the pictures are marked “Lou 1”, possibly meaning Lou was to get a print of himself and his girl or a girl he admired.

Harold’s 1947 farewell card was signed by the following people, some of whom may be the unknown Tillie and Timmy the Toilers:

ASSOCIATED NAMES:

Ruth Capewell, Helen M. Orban née Roche, Angie Persiani neé Cerino, Charles O'Brien, Burton J. Evans (shipping), Robert Burns, Joseph Cleary, Harvey Trimmer, Harold E. Sexton, Irvin Frisbie, Miss Mona J. Kritser, Edward J. Goldenbaum, Vincent Gavigan, Florence M. Hendrickson, Mrs. Helen M. Furman, Miss Helen Citkowski, Miss June De Valle, Karl A. Mundt, Al Steinmetz, Mrs. Ethel Steber, Jane Wolverton (telephone operator), Miss Mary Samsal, Miss Marjorie McCoy, Stan Puhalski, Miss Dot Eib, Mary Priest, Frank Yopp, Lee Mathews Jr., Harry J. Case, Carroll Mayers, William E. Hannisch (shipping orders), Berrell Bowne, Richard Jamilewicz, Al M. White (accountant), Rudy C. Metzler, Bob M. Everett, Jack Bayer, Miss Doris (Dickie) MacBean, Miss Audrey Howarth, Miss Vivian Eagle.

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