September 8, 1914, Lockport postal carriers pose for a photo in front of the historic post office at the corner of East Avenue and Elm Street. Both the 1914 and the 1915 Lockport City Directory list 16 Postal Carriers and six Substitute Carriers.
According to the 1914 Directory, the following people were mail carriers:
- Joseph Addison
- W.H. Smith
- Edward W. Barnum, Jr.
- Chas. G. Hooper
- Edward N. Stahl
- John R. Mahaney
- Walter Dodge
- Frank S. Pierce
- George B. Ward
- W. George Walker
- Herbert H. Wallace
- Fred W. Steele
- Robert Garner
- John McParlin
- William C. Gilrie
- Bernard V. Dugan
- Howard Smith*
- Edward Donson*
- Harold Slade*
- J. Martin Tierney*
- L.J. Poyfair*
(*substitute carrier)
Does anyone recognize a family member from the names above and can match them to a person in the photo?
— Craig Bacon is a columnist for All WNY News and a Niagara County Deputy Historian.
(Photo courtesy Niagara County Historians Office)
