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Title
D423-4
Date(s)
- 1936-04-28 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In April of 1936, Bremerton had one lone remaining blacksmith- Vasco W. Livingstone. In this portrait, Mr. Livingstone has been working and his clothes and face are covered with soot. He holds a horseshoe, blacksmith tongs and a hammer. The blacksmith shop was opened in 1901 by Jack MacGillivray, Bremerton's mayor in 1936. Mr. Livingstone entered as an apprentice under Mr. MacGillivray in 1903 and has managed the shop since 1929. The original equine customers included teams from the Navy Yard, livery stable teams and the fire truck horses. By the time of this photograph, the only horses to be shod came from the ammunition depot. (Bremerton Sun 6/29/1936, pg. 1).
Livingstone, Vasco W.; Blacksmiths--Bremerton;