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ROAD TRIP! Has anybody ever had a chance to visit any of these sites to see what remains? that would be like taking a step back in time.

MikeEngland wrote:ROAD TRIP! Has anybody ever had a chance to visit any of these sites to see what remains? that would be like taking a step back in time.

That would be a great road trip Mike. This is my new favorite thread, thanks TJ and all.

Anybody got any more? Here's one that CCBill sent me. Wish I could read it. Don't know if these are the "Case Brothers" or if they're the craftsmen.

Nobody???

Here's a better picture, Tom.

Winterbottom bone employees, and Mr. Winterbottom.

Great one Joe.

Here's some from Sheffield.
George Barnsley and Sons, "Wide Awake" brand, 1839-1938.

Great pics, but sad to see it deserted. Thanks for sharing.

Came across this one while researching a West-Cut hunting knife. Main title said Western Knife Co.-Boulder CO. I think this is a very early picture, there was also a sub-caption that said Platts and Sons Cutlery.
WB

That's a great pic WB. Thanks for remembering the thread

You bet, TJ. Always looking for new ones.
The way the research article read, in the early days at Boulder, Western still used the Platts and Sons name. But, I don't think i've ever heard tell of a knife stamped Platts and Sons-Boulder, CO, so it must have been short lived, if at all. There were only about 600-800 people living in Boulder back then, and the townfolk simply refered to it as "The Cutlery". Be interesting to see what sign the owners might have put up at the time the pic was taken.
WB

Here are two alledgedly original cabinet photos that someone put up on Ebay sometime last year. He stated he did not know who these people were, but did express the "possibility" that they were members of the Case cutlery family.

As I recall, the auction did not get much attention and I do not think the photos sold, although my memory might be wrong on that.

I actually started to bid on them myself, but did not. I don't recall if there was a reserve price or a high starting bid.

I had saved the photos at the time and out of curiosity, looked at them again today.

I'm beginning to think he was right. It does look like the Case family.

Possibly, another opportunity lost.

Charlie Noyes

Great thread and pictures guys,thanks for posting!
Love the Winterbottom photo,haven't seen that before.
The Catt factory looked better there, not overgrown with weeds like it is now.

well i'll be danged. i didn't know the winterbottom scales were actually originated from a founders name. and in that pic, are they working from a box car??
these are all great pics guys,, thanks for sharing them.

Original Photo: Interior view of the Queen City Cutlery, Titusville, PA, 1922.

Rare original photo: Case Bros. factory, Little Valley, N.Y., about 1910. Check out the man in the bowtie on the back row. Guess who that is?

Thanks David, those are a couple of really neat pics

Excellent pics David!! Do you know if any of those fellas in the Queen pic are part of the original bunch from S&M?
WB

No, I don’t know who they are. I got this picture from a descendant of one of the original five men that started Queen City.

Well, it's a good one! Wouldn't ya like to have that little wooden crate there at the bottom center?

nifbuf wrote:Rare original photo: Case Bros. factory, Little Valley, N.Y., about 1910. Check out the man in the bowtie on the back row. Guess who that is?

No child labor laws in those days. Graduate 8th grade, get a job.

Here are a couple I posted before in other threads but they belong here too.

A Robeson and N.Y. Knife Co. card.

I didnt notice the box full of knives the first time I saw this pic. Like White B said man "how would you like to have that box"?

It's enough to make a man weak kneed, ain't it Gino?
Here's a pic of the Walden Schrade factory. Kinda wondered if that's Geo. Schrade standin' there?
WB