recognize any names or faces?

A few names within these photographs of Armco workers from 1915-1917 have been identified by descendants.

http://www.middle-america.com/wp/sheet-mill-crews/

It was gratifying to provide a high resolution copy to them. Please reply to me privately if you recognize a name and know of a descendant.

Thanks, John - the look on the faces of the descendants when they see their ancestor compels me to try and extend it to others.  For those who don't log in to MiddUSA, inquiries can be sent to:

comments@middle-america.com

My grandfather too, started at Armco in 1922 but in Ashland KY soon after Armco acquired Ashland Iron & Mining Company a year earlier. He was a 54 year old mill representative when he died in winter 1948. My dad graduated from college that spring in 1949 and started in the Ashland payroll office that summer. He retired in Middletown as a product supervisor in 1982 after a career in sales.

Keep checking back to the blog site for more photos. I'll let you know if I find any from 1920s West Processing.

Last month I asked a dad on my kid's basketball team about a name they had in common among the photos -  he said he didn't know but would ask his 88 year old father.

It was the grandfather's uncle.  He had never seen the photo before. It was very gratifying for me to hear that it was printed and framed as a gift for him this past Christmas. The 88 year old's father died when he was four and the uncle played a significant role in his life.

I suspect there are a lot of stories among these photographs.