Reference Question about a "Loftsman" and Oscar Daniels Co

By Donna (Metty) Handy -
I google'd Loftsman and it was identified as "A shipyard worker who lays down the ship's lines taken from plans supplied by the drawing office" Also the following was stated about the Oscar Daniels Company of Tampa Florida. Under record of pre-WWII Shipbuilding. "Almost nothing is known about this shipyard, which was located on the Ybor Channel in Tampa"

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Cleo Francis Metty said…
Thanks Donna. It did not occur to me to check via google. I wonder what led Joseph to travel from Michigan to Florida for a job! When I think of the modes of transportation, family ties, communications, etc, it is hard for me to imagine people traveling that far to find work and to leave behind all that is familiar to them.
March 25, 2007 at 10:17 AM
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