The First Seventy-Five Years of Simonds

A scan of Simonds's official history, titled Seventy-five Years of Business Progress and Industrial Advance 1832-1907, is on Archive.org. The book includes this photograph of the Simonds workforce in 1850. When this was taken, photography was in its infancy and most images were formal portraits. Very few photographs this early showed people in their working clothes with their tools, as this one does. The picture is also remarkable because the names of most of the men are given. The 1850 US Census shows some of  these skilled craftsmen. Click on pictures to enlarge them. 

1850 US Census, Fitchburg, MA