50 Amazing Vintage Portraits of Empire Gas & Electric, Co. (New York) Employees in the 1910s _ OLDUS

   
The Empire Gas and Electric Company was formed in 1911, merged into itself the Central New York Gas and Electric Company in 1916, and on November 1, 1920, the Company purchased the by-product plant of the Empire Coke Company.
 
 
Portraits of employees of the Empire Gas and Electric Company from 1916 to 1918
 
The Empire Gas and Electric Company does the entire electric light, power and gas business of Auburn, New York. It also supplies without competition electricity to Geneva, Cayuga, Seneca Falls, Newark, Waterloo, Phelps, Palmyra, Clifton Springs, Lyons, Clyde, Weedsport and other places; and supplies without competition gas to Geneva, Cayuga, Seneca Falls, Newark, Waterloo, Phelps, Palmyra and Lyons.
 
With the exception of the season of the steam heating business, the Company’s electrical requirements is supplied entirely by electricity generated hydro-electrically.
 
The estimated population served is 130,000. Here below is a collection of amazing photos from Guy Clinch that shows portraits of employees of the Empire Gas and Electric Company from 1916 to 1918.
 
Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Fred Jordan with a company Republic Truck, Auburn, NY, circa 1916

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee John M. Bassette holding a pulley, Auburn, NY, circa 1916

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee W.S. Kidney, Auburn, NY, circa 1916

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees at work, Auburn, NY, circa 1916

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees at work, Auburn, NY, circa 1916

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Arthur Andrews, Auburn, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Dominick Graziano, Geneva, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee James Taney, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mike Mozzona, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Bridgen, Auburn, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Cone, Waterloo, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Scarth, Newark, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Thorne, Newark, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Pat Ross, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Rocco Felix, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Tony Massa, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Tony Pacello, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee William Burns, Waterloo, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Lyme Reed, Harold Smith, and H. Austin, Geneva, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Abe Fields, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Bart Frank, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Benjamin Finney, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Bert Baugert, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee C. F. Brumm, Newark, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee C.J. Legg, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Charles J. McCoy, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Claude Forbes, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Frank Martin, Newark, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Frank Roe, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee G. Rowley and others, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee George Rush, Lyons, NY, circa 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1917

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Harold Leftus, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee James Lytle, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee L. Madia, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee L. W. Lilley, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Bachman, Seneca Falls, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Compson, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Compson, Lyons, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Ott, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Patrick Hanlon, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Robert Bramble, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Robert Rush, Palmyra, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Stewart McMillen, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Thomas Welch, Geneva, NY, 1918

 
Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Lynn Reed and Harold Smith, Geneva, NY, 1918

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Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Thomas Welch, A. Fields, and C. McCoy on a company truck, Geneva, NY, 1918

Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Tony Schiera, Compson, L. W. Lilley, Haberfield, C. Alting, Geneva, NY, 1918

 
Empire Gas & Electric, Co., Meter Department employees James Lytle and Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1918