Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1056.0397]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blacksmithing may be a dying profession in this modern age gut the creaking sound of the old iron handled blower kindling the coal burning forge can still be heard in Duncan. J.W. Pittman, 81, is keeping alive a tradition that has been in his family for nearly a century. Now he is teafhing the trade to his only granson, 16 year old David Jennings."
Date: August 25, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History